I applaud Apple for making it defeatable, at least. My car has a lound beep and “don’t forget your phone” alert every time I turn off the car and you CAN’T disable it. And alerts if if’s below freezing out. And alerts to remind you to wear your seatbelt.
You were doing ok until the unnecessary, inflammatory last sentence there. We don’t mass test and contact trace for the flu that kills tens of thousands of people every year to little fanfare. This is elements of the government and industry getting a chub with a new opportunity for control and surveillance under the ruse of an “emergency”.
Yet. Until this is normalized and the next step leads to the next step and then onto a point that can no longer be controlled.
Isn't the whole point of a beta to test the software to see if it is working? You turn it off, you can't test it.
They’ve taken 0 steps. This system is as innocuous as a fart app. Neither one sends any information to the government. By your theory no apps should be allowed, because at some future date they could be modified to do something nefarious.
You nailed it. I teach classes in Risk Management. One book I always recommend to my students is "The Science of Fear".
The only people peddling fear are people who are claiming this technology somehow tracks you or anything about you, and who claim that any information about you is sent to anyone.You nailed it. I teach classes in Risk Management. One book I always recommend to my students is "The Science of Fear".
The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Should Not - and Put Ourselves in Great Danger
From terror attacks to the War on Terror, bursting real-estate bubbles to crystal meth epidemics, sexual predators to poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear is running amok, and often with tr...www.amazon.com
This book is broken down into chapters with each one addressing the "merchants of fear" - people who gain from inducing fear in others. The chapters include politicians (if my opponent gets elected they will ______), insurance companies, news programs (new danger found on playgrounds, details after this commercial break), etc.
"No drop of water thinks it is responsible for the flood".
"No drop of water thinks it is responsible for the flood".
I never claimed this technology, in its current form, is tracking anyone. I have even said in other threads that I have no doubt Apple is doing this with the best of intentions. What I am more concerned about is that this technology is just another step down a path to a destination where I don't want to go. It normalizes the idea that our phones are useful to other people for other things I did not intend when I purchased my phone. It certainly isn't the first step in that direction nor is it even close to the last step, it is just another step.
I'm guessing the next step will be some employers and/or insurance companies "encouraging" everyone to voluntarily put the app on their phones. And by encouraging I mean mandating.
SPOILER ALERT: According to Governor Cuomo 13.9% of New Yorkers have had COVID-19, the VAST majority of the had mild to no symptoms. So if you live in NYC and are around more than 10 people over the next 14 days your chances of getting notified that you may have been exposed to COVID-19 is nearly 100%.
New York antibody study estimates 13.9% of residents have had the coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo says
The state's mortality rates remains persistently high at about 7.4%. The antibody testing indicates the actual death rate may be far lower.www.cnbc.com
If you believe it can all change at any time, why don't you believe they're tracking everything about you right now? They're probably listening to you through your phone this very minute.
The answers are scattered all over this thread. The tin foil apparently gets in the way of reading. Go read the damn spec.
Assuming that I care what the spec says, why do I want some app telling me that i was near someone who had it? If I stop at a stop light and the person 4 feet away from me in their car has it I would be kind of stupid to quarantine. What exactly is the max distance you need to be from someone to be told you are exposed? if you have read the actual spec sheet you surely know that number.
Yes, the infographic floating around oversimplifies considerably, and misstates things in the process, making automatic steps sound manual and such.
