Carolina Curious (@CarolinaCurious)

Snowden: Governments Using Pandemic to Build “Architecture of Oppression”: ...Apple and Google announced they were teaming up to develop compatible contact tracing apps, which they say will be offered on an “opt-in” basis. However, Bloomberg reported that the companies are planning eventually to build the feature into all updates. Ranking on these apps could be used to allow entry into grocery stores or larger businesses and events. Snowden says the apps will be used to automate decisions about who gets a job, a loan, who can go to school, who gets a home, and who does not get those things. -GEG https://needtoknow.news/2020/04/snowden-governments-using-pandemic-to-build-architecture-of-oppression/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=snowden-governments-using-pandemic-to-build-architecture-of-oppression