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0 pointsrobjan5y ago0 comments

Everyone generates an anonymous ID, if they come within Bluetooth proximity the devices trade these anonymous IDs. No location data is collected and none of the data is sent over the internet.

If you become infected you have the option of broadcasting your ID as being infected and others can compare the infected list against the IDs collected on their phones.

None of the data you mentioned is being collected.

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A4ET8a8uTh05y ago

Hmm, does that anonymous ID change? If not, it is not going to stay anonymous for very long as patterns will remain largely unchanged. People do tend to be creatures of habit.

I mentioned location data and if there is one thing we have learned over the past decade or so, it is that location is not gathered just from GPS ( which is the argument I assume you were making ).

edit: As for the claim, no data is sent over the internet.. I just plainly do not believe that statement. I do not understand how anyone would.

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