[asaddhamani]

I installed the contact tracing app from the Indian government on my phone. It won't let me use it without giving location access, not even just to see the app.

The Indian government does not have a great track record when it comes to privacy and information security. (https://www.firstpost.com/india/aadhaar-data-leak-details-of...) Aadhar is the Indian equivalent of the US SSN.

While the cause is noble, there is always the problem with setting precedents, and as governments are known to use Riders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_(legislation)), I don't trust them they won't use Covid-19 to further their agenda either.

This is what happens when you erode peoples trust. I for one will not be using these apps.

[raphaelj]

As a side note, Android requires an app to get location access when using Bluetooth (not sure about iOS). So any Bluetooth contract tracing app will request location access.