IPhone owners began to refuse system updates due to fear of surveillance

It has become known that some iPhone owners are refusing to install the latest iOS 13.7 update. It

contains an improved tracking systemcontacts with people infected with COVID-19. Now government health authorities do not need to develop special applications for this. Users of Apple smartphones regard this innovation as a step towards total surveillance.

iPhone owners who install updateswill be able to receive COVID-19 exposure notifications simply by opting in. Users call this a dangerous precedent, although there is no talk of spying on people without their knowledge.

When the iPhone owner agrees to participate inprogram, his smartphone begins to collect and share anonymous identifiers if it enters the Bluetooth range of other smartphones. These identifiers, it is said, cannot be linked to the identity of the user.