> Yes, but after the pandemic, wouldn't it be nice to be sure something like this is in place before we learn about a new virus? Wouldn't it be great if we kept this thing on forever, so it could be used retroactively after an outbreak has happened to trace it back and become even better at avoiding pandemics?

> Oh, and maybe this could also be used to avoid certain crimes such as terrorism?

> You know where this leads to.

Exactly, these capabilities won't go away. Today they are used for good but tomorrow? Not to invoke Godwin's Law but these contact tracing capabilities would have been a Nazi's wet dream.

They already are innate, latent capabilities in proprietary, closed smartphones.

Full open-source everything isn’t air-tight, but potentially a lot better than what we’ve got.