tracking apps on phones

How do you feel about governments talking about encouraging or forcing people with a smartphone to install/accept/allow special 'contact tracing' tracking apps to map/monitor the spread/distribution of Sars-COV-2 aka Covid-18/19/20 in your community as an incentive to relax or roll-back 'lockdown' or quarantine restrictions?

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Frank52 · 70-79, M

I'm not sure it will make much difference. I've known two reported missing people traced by the police by tracking their phones. That's quite scarey as it is. Admittedly it is not yet down to person-to-person, but I wouldn't be surprised if they could do that anyway. The 'permission' is just a facade to cover what they already have the capability of doing. I am not paranoid enough to think that everyone is followed, but I think if they wanted to, the government could find out where I'd been easily enough.