> why would this particular one be differently treated?
- Because the issuer has vastly more ability to use the app and the data it might collect in ways that impact you.
- Because it's the first app of this kind and scale being issued by the government in Australia.
- Because it's being pushed onto as much of an entire population as possible with great urgency, limiting the time and opportunity for proper precautions to be taken.
- Because the issuer has an objectively _terrible_ track record on technology and privacy related matters.
- Because the ratchet effect means that once granted, privileges are highly unlikely to be ever rolled back.
> I would be much more scared of the unknown apps from dodgy shops
You shouldn't be. No matter how bad an adware mobile game is, the publisher can't put you in jail.
- Because the issuer has vastly more ability to use the app and the data it might collect in ways that impact you.
- Because it's the first app of this kind and scale being issued by the government in Australia.
- Because it's being pushed onto as much of an entire population as possible with great urgency, limiting the time and opportunity for proper precautions to be taken.
- Because the issuer has an objectively _terrible_ track record on technology and privacy related matters.
- Because the ratchet effect means that once granted, privileges are highly unlikely to be ever rolled back.
> I would be much more scared of the unknown apps from dodgy shops
You shouldn't be. No matter how bad an adware mobile game is, the publisher can't put you in jail.