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    Quote Originally Posted by meinhkhk:
    Er, I must be naive but what exactly is the "fake leave home safe app" ?
    Well the one I use is no longer working (or at least, the download link is no longer working). I got it from a friend. It's an app which looks like the real one, you scan like the real one and the picture comes up on your phone like the real one, but actually no data is saved and no testing notifications can come in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    Wait till they learn about facial and gait (essentially how you walk..) recognition capabilities of cameras and the software behind them, some of the vendors who supply security systems to the govt AND private organisations across this town.

    Casinos across the world use these technologies which are quite commonly available... nothing exotic.

    At what point do you replace those characteristics...
    I did read somewhere that squat analysis is better than gait analysis for identifying people.
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    What is the purpose of extending the use of the Leave Home Safe App to government buildings?


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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    What is the purpose of extending the use of the Leave Home Safe App to government buildings?
    To monitor how many Identified enemy of the state people are using govt services LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    I did read somewhere that squat analysis is better than gait analysis for identifying people.
    Must have been a shitty publication...
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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    What is the purpose of extending the use of the Leave Home Safe App to government buildings?
    First step towards more widespread mandatory use... https://www.thestandard.com.hk/break...:-Michael-Tien

    To be fair, there is a small logic in making it mandatory for government sites - if you leave your contact information on a form in a restaurant, then that information won't be handed over to the government until/unless there's a need to track contacts. If you're handing it over to the government anyway, it really doesn't make much difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by merchantms:
    But they’re ok to keep taking the government paycheck.

    Sorry I am not impressed by these actions in the slightest. If they’re working at Immigration and privy to knowledge of wrongdoings, using a fake app is hardly a fix.
    Oh I am not impressed with their actions lol.

    As a third party seeing this, it makes me more concerned and maybe should carry a second phone. But I agree it probably wont help prevent big brother from monitoring.

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    The fake app is probably more malicious than the original app - if you read the terms and conditions it is true that the app records everywhere you scan, but does not track actual GPS location / does not access storage or camera / mike except when you allow it for a second to scan the QR code...
    Also, the app does not upload anything to any server, it only receives locations where alerts have been published, and checks if any of the locations visited at that time is a match.
    It is strange that people are suddenly so concerned about privacy, when they already accepted to give all their browsing / location / shopping data to apple / google / octopus / amazon etc.

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    It is strange that people are suddenly so concerned about privacy, when they already accepted to give all their browsing / location / shopping data to apple / google / octopus / amazon etc.
    Have you been to HK, China?

    Do you appreciate the difference between profit-making organisations and a government having your data? Or needing a warrant to access targeted persons versus big data analysis of your likelihood to be a person of interest in the future? Has having a beard or downloading bible apps not been grounds for detention in China?

    It is strange that people would willingly trade security for convenience, and I for one don’t link my ID to my Octopus. They can always trace anyone committing a crime from footage, but otherwise they have no business being up in my business. Don’t see a reason to make it any easier for them.
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    Surely the purpose using the fake app at a restaurant is that you're not sent to Penny Bay when there is a positive case from someone who spent 5 minutes on a telephone call to customer services where works the nephew of the waiting staff that attended a table the restaurant on a Thursday 3 months ago.

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