[0xy]

Australia and Singapore's governments are rolling out an app that allows them to track every person you meet with for more than a short period of time.

Why would anyone trust them to not abuse this data?

If they wanted people to volunteer information, maybe they shouldn't have repeatedly abused trust.

[anthony_doan]

Singapore is often refer to as soft-authoritarian.

It's like choosing N.Korea as an example and asking why you should trust them with your civil liberties.

https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2017-12...

[dehrmann]

I'm honestly not sure what to make of the People's Action Party winning something like 80% of votes. That's a Putin level of popularity.