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Governments around the world have already started to pilfer data collected from these apps, as was predictable. [1]

[1] https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-police-stand-by-decisio...

That's a totally different category of app though right - the ones using the Apple-Google framework don't share any PII.

That's not a distinction most will recognize, partly because believing this is true requires you to trust Google wouldn't share sensitive data with the authorities. They just proved they will happily push code to your device without notifying you at all, if they think it's for the greater good.

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