law enforcement already has location from cell tower data.
to be able to read the ids from contact tracing apps, they need to capture the phones and decrypt them, at which point there's probably more evidence to be found than some random ids
to be able to read the ids from contact tracing apps, they need to capture the phones and decrypt them, at which point there's probably more evidence to be found than some random ids
Having been in the same cell (potentially several square miles) as the murder victim is not quite the same as having been in tracing distance (4m²).
That's quite a strong argument/pretense, why law enforcement would immediately lobby to get the system changed in their favor. Don't you agree?
that information is a lot more sensitive and a lot more useful to law enforcement. most people don't even know how much your location is being tracked.
the contact tracing framework by comparison, isn't really very useful for anything other that just that...contact tracing
the way the contact tracing framework ACTUALLY works makes it doesn't really make it useful to them.
they could lobby to change it
they can lobby with or without the framework being implemented