Reply to post: Re: Assuming that were not the case. And what happes to people who don't own phones?

Australia's contact-tracing app regulation avoids 'woolly' principles in comparable cyber-laws, say lawyers

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Re: Assuming that were not the case. And what happes to people who don't own phones?

Yes, what you say is true, but that misses the point that RobHib was making.

Currently the Australian government has not made it compulsory to have the app but that may change. What RobHib is pointing out is that not everyone has a "smart phone" so would be in a difficult position if say, a politician decided that the lock down was not working quickly enough and further and more drastic measures must be taken and made any such tracing app compulsory.

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