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by conradev 2255 days ago
GPS is completely unidirectional from satellites to receivers and thus the satellites cannot be used to track the receivers
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simonsaidit 2255 days ago
What skuhn said. That is what the solution the Norwegian and Danish government is implementing is supposedly doing. Reporting the GPS data back to a central server. If you’re using iPhone.

https://www.simula.no/news/digital-contact-tracing-qa#How%20...?

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skuhn 2255 days ago
The receivers can be made to report their GPS data back for tracking purposes.
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