Originally Posted by
mattyj
(Like taking a pic of the tracing poster on the shop window even though you don’t have the tracing app because you don’t want the politburo knowing where you go and what you did any more than they already do)
The information is retained on your phone and is not shared with anyone. If there is an outbreak somewhere the app can identify who was in the locality and then it can send a request for the user to share the information. All scans on your phone are deleted after a month.
The politburo you should really be afraid of is called Five Eyes and the previous lot now allow all your internet and telecommunications to be routinely scanned by Uncle Sam at the NSA in Maryland