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Here in CA (possibly the rest of the US) they want to put an app on your phone to use Bluetooth to track who is in the room with you, because it’s not enough to know which end of the city block you are on at all times. Cuz, COVID!

Pardon me if I’m just a little bit creeped out.

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Are you talking about anonymized contact tracing protocols similar to BlueTrace [1]? Is CA planning to use a less secure option?

1. https://bluetrace.io/static/bluetrace_whitepaper-93806365659...

Canada likewise uses an anonymized app for this purpose. It's open source, as well.

Mobile App: https://github.com/cds-snc/covid-alert-app

Server: https://github.com/cds-snc/covid-alert-server

There's plenty to be concerned about with regard to the abuse of the database, the app doesn't need to get swept up into any paranoia.

This is not a contact tracing app this was a medical history Database. The Canadian contact tracing app is anonymized and open source.

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