LecsonQuad
pfm Member
To answer the original question - Yes.
Sadly for the people who died, it rather did.That plan worked didn’t it?
I'd like the dystopian shitstorm to end at some point, giving government this kind of power is too open to abuse and what's to stop them,' in the interests of ' national security or prevention of terrorism de anonymising ? Some little dictators will love this.
For 65 million of us? It's the usual thing, if they think I might bomb the Manchester Arena they would, but for volume criminal thieving scum? No chance.
I'd like the dystopian shitstorm to end at some point, giving government this kind of power is too open to abuse and what's to stop them,' in the interests of ' national security or prevention of terrorism de anonymising ? Some little dictators will love this.
Maybe they only want to save those interested in fitness.The Germans are asking for smart watch or Fitbit users to use a similar program. No idea why not phones- maybe easier to guaranty anonymity? it's certainly less contentious if anonymity is cast iron.
Yeah, sure, but there's a world of difference between theoretically possible and the real world. In the real world police forensic services still process fingerprints manually, FFS. Yet they *could* match phone usage and face scans for 65 million of us. Sure, because the police have FA else to do, don't they?There is a lot of processing power in base stations, camera facial recognition can be done in the cloud, link the two...
They wouldn’t do it themselves. AI or Cognitive...I’d be surprised if it’s remotely hard. GCHQ should be able to lash it up quickly.Yeah, sure, but there's a world of difference between theoretically possible and the real world. In the real world police forensic services still process fingerprints manually, FFS. Yet they *could* match phone usage and face scans for 65 million of us. Sure, because the police have FA else to do, don't they?
They wouldn’t do it themselves. AI or Cognitive...I’d be surprised if it’s remotely hard. GCHQ should be able to lash it up quickly.
Another step in the wrong direction as far as individual freedom is concerned.
They must have used information passed to them, almost certainly without the permission of the person being traced.So did Germany manage to trace contacts without any app?
So no need for an app then, given how well they are doing.They must have used information passed to them, almost certainly without the permission of the person being traced.