<story><title>Ontario police used Covid-19 database illegally, civil rights groups find</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-police-database-1.5745481</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>AdmiralAsshat</author><text>What? Government agencies did &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; the thing privacy advocates warned they would do if such information were allowed to be collected? I am &lt;i&gt;shocked&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zbrozek</author><text>I believe that all data will be used for not-the-original purpose. The moment that a bit hits nonvolatile memory it&amp;#x27;s only a matter of when-and-how, not if.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ontario police used Covid-19 database illegally, civil rights groups find</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-police-database-1.5745481</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>AdmiralAsshat</author><text>What? Government agencies did &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; the thing privacy advocates warned they would do if such information were allowed to be collected? I am &lt;i&gt;shocked&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>II2II</author><text>Even though I appreciate the work of privacy advocates and strongly believe that privacy should be protected, the article only discusses the number of times the database by various police forces and why a couple of police forces decided not to use it.  It suggests there &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; have been inappropriate use, without offering any actual evidence of inappropriate use.&lt;p&gt;If the word of privacy advocates is going to be taken seriously, they really need to back their claims with evidence.  Without evidence, those who don&amp;#x27;t care about privacy won&amp;#x27;t be swayed.  Worse yet, they run the risk of being seen as paranoid and ignored altogether.</text></comment>