I would argue that the fact that Apple and Google are working together to develop a contact tracing protocol goes to show the general level of dissatisfaction with the way contact tracing is done in other parts of the world and the privacy implications.

It's important to keep in mind that not all surveillance technologies and methodologies are created equal. The reason that the Apple/Google contact tracing technology has received so much praise is because it's more or less decentralized and all of the data is cryptographically anonymized. Any data that could be associated an individual changes periodically, so it's borderline impossible to track someone with it. There is no central database aside from the list of ID's that are marked sick. There is no location data associated either. In fact, it's blocked by the OS.