Do you think western societies would've tolerated the kind of aggressive contact tracing the likes of S Korea and Taiwan have done? IMO I don't think they would mate.
I'm with you there but, ultimately, it's now what (in the UK at least) is going to happen, and is already happening in some cases. So it was always going to end up like that.
D'you know, for example, that the Facebook app (unless you turn it off) is automatically set to scan every other moment you're using your phone even when you're not using the app, and what you're doing it for?
Also, there's a setting deep inside the privacy settings on an iPhone which automatically tracks you anyway, unless you manually switch it off. It's a right arse to find but when you do it's freaky - tells you exactly where you've been, for how long, every single minute of every single day.
They're tracking us anyway. And even if you turn those settings off I'm sure at a flick of a switch companies can put them back on without you knowing. I'm appalled by the idea but, since the tech is already there and in action, we might as well have just used it.
All this was about saving lives. I still think the collective indefinite (think that's the key word) lockdowns of so many countries is going to lead to more lives being lost in the long run, even though I obviously hope not.
