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james_s:

--- Quote from: floobydust on April 26, 2020, 07:26:13 pm ---The phone tracking and logging is just google and Apple pushing their "surveillance capitalism" onto people so they can improve their analytics and know where you go, who you associate with, sans permission.

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They already have that, Google's whole business model is based on compiling massive amounts of information on people, their interests, buying habits and whereabouts. Any kind of Covid tracking is not going to give them anything more useful in their goals of gathering marketing data than what they already have.

I don't really understand why everyone thinks everything is some kind of conspiracy. The surreptitious tracking for marketing data is already widespread, the Covid tracking is a voluntary thing many of us are willing to do in order to try to provide a benefit to society as a whole. The paranoid delusional reaction that seems so widespread is bizarre to me. If you don't want to help then fine, but please stay out of the way and let the rest of us try to make a positive difference.

rdl:
If they can put this tracker on a stand alone device that I can carry in my pocket, I'm in. I don't own a smartphone, probably never will.

SilverSolder:

Having Bluetooth on constantly is going to kill the battery fast too. 

james_s:
You're very much in the minority, likely less than 0.001% of the population. The number of people who don't own a smartphone is statistically irrelevant, there's no need to develop a standalone device. If you really wanted to volunteer, I'm sure someone would give you an old smartphone that could be used strictly for the tracking app if that was the desire.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---What kind of strong incentive are you talking about exactly?
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Your guess is as good as mine. Could range from absolutely nothing to, say, access to a ventilator. Free beer, maybe. Lots of possibilities!

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