[ilogik]

law enforcement already has location from cell tower data.

to be able to read the ids from contact tracing apps, they need to capture the phones and decrypt them, at which point there's probably more evidence to be found than some random ids

[dustball156]

Actually no and no.

Having been in the same cell (potentially several square miles) as the murder victim is not quite the same as having been in tracing distance (4m²).

That's quite a strong argument/pretense, why law enforcement would immediately lobby to get the system changed in their favor. Don't you agree?

[ilogik]

if you use an android phone, check this URL: https://www.google.com/maps/timeline

that information is a lot more sensitive and a lot more useful to law enforcement. most people don't even know how much your location is being tracked.

the contact tracing framework by comparison, isn't really very useful for anything other that just that...contact tracing

[ilogik]

sure, they can lobby for that....they have been lobbying for backdoors since the 90s.

the way the contact tracing framework ACTUALLY works makes it doesn't really make it useful to them.

they could lobby to change it

they can lobby with or without the framework being implemented