Today the @NHSuk COVID tracing App is launched, and they have ended up using the privacy friendly technology from Apple and Google — and even adopted the same approach for QR code scanning in pubs and bars.
A huge win for privacy, the Govt set their face against this.
*BUT*
* If you are poor, don’t have a smartphone, then your privacy is not properly protected.
* Instead, you hand your details to the venue with no safeguards
* And when you talk to test and Trace, we still know nothing of how bad their privacy is, or if problems are fixed
I guess most people who are on the #twitterwalkout won't be monitoring this.
But rather than just walking out: why not also start using @joinmastodon which has much stronger policies and community around reudcing hateful content?