Lot of chatter over the weekend of this smart-phone App that is being developed for the German government.
Basically, if you load it.....it'd 'track' you and leave a 'trail'.
The two versions being discussed? Centralized and decentralized.
The centralized version would send the 'coding' (locations) to a central server, with everyone you 'bump' into.
The decentralized version would send ONLY your locations to the central server.
Giving away a lot of privacy? Lots of people have examined the idea and have a big problem with this.
You'd basically be telling the government about every shopping experience, every coffee shop, every seat in a train, and every minute you spent in a pub.
Trying to find criticism via ARD (public TV)? Don't bother looking.....they haven't allowed a board to exist much over this topic.
Forcing people to use it? No....that won't happen. It's hard to say how many people might load the App, and which version they'd agree to provide the data for. I'd simply be guessing that fewer than 20-percent will sign up for this 'service'.
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