This is my understanding of what "track and trace" literally means. They were saying this on the news nonstop during some parts of the lockdown. My assumption at the time was exactly this.
It is not without benefits, though. I think it is possible to determine individuals trying to infect other people by looking for certain deviations in their movements. I suspect Chinese nationals tried to deliberately spread COVID-19, so this might even be a way to root out secret agents.
This is my understanding of what "track and trace" literally means. They were saying this on the news nonstop during some parts of the lockdown. My assumption at the time was exactly this.
It is not without benefits, though. I think it is possible to determine individuals trying to infect other people by looking for certain deviations in their movements. I suspect Chinese nationals tried to deliberately spread COVID-19, so this might even be a way to root out secret agents.
Sounds dangerously like slippery slopeistic totalitarianist apologeticism. Careful buddy, next they gonna wire tap yo bum through the shitter!