Boris Badenough is like a WW1 General sending millions over the top while remaining safely in the rear.
In place of serious precautions against the C-virus the government is offering the spy on the phone app. The Guardian has summarised what the civil rights group Liberty have said about this.
"Liberty is worried that signing up to the app could become a compulsory
condition for returning to work and being allowed out of lockdown when
conditions are eased. Such a condition would amount to coercion."
"Contact-tracing technology may require us to sacrifice deeply sensitive
personal information and there can be no question of state bodies or
private companies sharing our personal data other than what is
absolutely necessary."
And would you be prepared to bet that the government, the police and any advertising groups they choose to sell the data to will not misuse it?
The cross-party human rights committee has warned
"Reassurances
over the security and human rights implications of NHSX’s approach to
developing its Covid-19 contact-tracing app are insufficient."
The app will fall foul of existing privacy laws.
The government has boasted about the take-up of this dubious app in the Isle of Wight. On the Today programme the boasted that one-third of residents had taken the opportunity to download the app which spies on their contacts. I don't know if they teach Maths at Eton but doesn't that mean two-thirds of residents rejected it?
One spot of interesting news. In case you were worried about staff and residents in care homes not having testing or protective equipment, worry no more. Millionaire footballers will only go back to work if they are tested twice a week and have the proper equipment. So we can all rest easy in our beds.
In case you found the PM's broadcast confusing (he clearly did) Matt Lucas has summarised it for you.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Derek-McMillan/e/B009FUXHWY
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