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And that does not mean it is right; it just means it is status quo. And Germans have a good reason to dislike panopticons as some still remember Stasi.

Mandatory apps installation.. I guess that could be rolled out as most providers can and do have the ability to install stuff on your phone remotely.

That said.. what are the odds average person gets sufficiently annoyed by gvmt mandated apps and installs lineage?

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> what are the odds average person gets sufficiently annoyed by gvmt mandated apps and installs lineage?

Won't happen to any meaningful degree. IMO if technologists fail to sensitize public discourse against the emerging dangers of surveillance tech now contemporary western democracies are probably about to be "disrupted".

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I am willing to disagree. If the app becomes annoying ( and it may very be ) people may adapt rather quickly. My example is that of SIM locking in the old country. It was a somewhat technical process, but people quickly adapted to it and learned how to remove it. The perception was that removal of SIM lock was beneficial.

Naturally, I could be wrong ( and has been about cellphones for a while now ). And then, my mom could barely handle switch from Whatsapp to Signal.

edit: coffee didn't kick in yet. added barely before handle