If you think this is in any way OK then you probably think 1984 was an instruction manual and not a warning of a dystopian future (run by mega pharma corporations and Bill Gates). Did someone say agenda / narrative / plandemic by any chance.
What is the alternative? Small family apothecaries? – will that fix the problem or kill even more? Conspiracy theories produce no solutions…
steve.capell
4 years ago
Like many others, I do feel that the privacy invasion of big tech over our lives is going too far. However, if you read this article carefully and if you take a close look at that Singapore solution (the code is public at https://bluetrace.io/) then it does appear to me that this is very far from “big brother watching me”. The Singapore solution does not track location – it only listens for bluetooth signals from nearby phones. And it does actually use random and frequently rotating identifiers like the DP-3T model. So there’s no way to figure out what phone numbers you’ve been close to just by looking at the list of identifiers locally recorded. Also it doesn’t send anything to government unless, after having been diagnosed positive with COVID-19, you approve the release of the last 21 days of random contacts. Only then can the government figure out which other phones you have been close to. Given the undoubted pain that economic shutdown is causing for millions, would I take part in this kind of technology if it became evident that it is a key part of a shutdown exit strategy to help millions restore their livelihood whilst keeping on top of occasional new cases? In a heartbeat. Don’t confuse the egregious behaviour of big tech through our smartphones with a genuine effort from a government that cares about both privacy and health of its citizens.
Can We Recover a Biblical View of Healthcare? | Acrosss the Stars
1 year ago
[…] Unherd focuses on the UK, so they relay the fall of the NHS here and here. But that’s just finances: plenty of perversion exists here, as seen with the effective end of same-sex care. But the saviour function is tied to priestly authority – with the NHS instinctively knows. […]
If you think this is in any way OK then you probably think 1984 was an instruction manual and not a warning of a dystopian future (run by mega pharma corporations and Bill Gates). Did someone say agenda / narrative / plandemic by any chance.
What is the alternative? Small family apothecaries? – will that fix the problem or kill even more? Conspiracy theories produce no solutions…
Like many others, I do feel that the privacy invasion of big tech over our lives is going too far. However, if you read this article carefully and if you take a close look at that Singapore solution (the code is public at https://bluetrace.io/) then it does appear to me that this is very far from “big brother watching me”. The Singapore solution does not track location – it only listens for bluetooth signals from nearby phones. And it does actually use random and frequently rotating identifiers like the DP-3T model. So there’s no way to figure out what phone numbers you’ve been close to just by looking at the list of identifiers locally recorded. Also it doesn’t send anything to government unless, after having been diagnosed positive with COVID-19, you approve the release of the last 21 days of random contacts. Only then can the government figure out which other phones you have been close to. Given the undoubted pain that economic shutdown is causing for millions, would I take part in this kind of technology if it became evident that it is a key part of a shutdown exit strategy to help millions restore their livelihood whilst keeping on top of occasional new cases? In a heartbeat. Don’t confuse the egregious behaviour of big tech through our smartphones with a genuine effort from a government that cares about both privacy and health of its citizens.
[…] Unherd focuses on the UK, so they relay the fall of the NHS here and here. But that’s just finances: plenty of perversion exists here, as seen with the effective end of same-sex care. But the saviour function is tied to priestly authority – with the NHS instinctively knows. […]