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> They were built very hastily with little oversight with iterative beta cycles in plain sight.

The amount of data that the Covid tracking API of Android and iOS makes available is precisely known. Germany's and a few other (https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observato...) are open source.

> Who has this data? No idea.

The users on their individual devices.

> How will it be used a year from now? 10 years from now? No idea.

It will be all but useless.

Except if you're in Singapore. Their tracing app morphed into a spy software for law enforcement: https://twitter.com/kixes/status/1384566617330229250




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