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The alternative would be GPS which some governments are looking at now. It might give higher precision with a grid of location data to enhance it, but I would a
by simonsaidit 6y ago
The alternative would be GPS which some governments are looking at now. It might give higher precision with a grid of location data to enhance it, but I would assume the protocol prevents this eg by some randomization of ids?
- conradev 6y agoGPS is completely unidirectional from satellites to receivers and thus the satellites cannot be used to track the receivers
- skuhn 6y agoThe receivers can be made to report their GPS data back for tracking purposes.
- simonsaidit 6y agoWhat skuhn said. That is what the solution the Norwegian and Danish government is implementing is supposedly doing. Reporting the GPS data back to a central server. If you’re using iPhone. https://www.simula.no/news/digital-contact-tracing-qa#How%20does%20the%20app%20work https://www.simula.no/news/digital-contact-tracing-qa#How%20...?