I am slowly filling out my blog with content that I’ve posted into Linkedin over the years, because I anticipate that Linkedin will be an enshittified place soon.

So, here’s the first of many that I’ve posted that will be in a place that cannot be shutdown.

I posted a comment on Linkedin on 14 January 2026 about an exchange between a PAP MP, Ms Lau and a Worker’s Party MP, Mr Kenneth Tiong about the TraceTogether fiasco.

No, Ms Lau, the public’s trust was betrayed by the TraceTogether fiasco. The continued use of TraceTogether was because it was a mandatory requirement, not because people’s trust was restored.

Deflecting the trust deficit resulting from that fiasco is being disingenuous.

It was I who brought up the possibility of “fishing” for data with Vivian. He said it was never going to be used for anything other than contact tracing.

When it came out that it was indeed used, I asked Vivian about it. I had gone out of my way saying to the whole world that Singapore is doing this the right way by purely focusing on the contact tracing portion and nothing else. I was on numerous webinars online (Australia, India, Malaysia etc) on this issue and how we are doing it correctly.

And when that was no longer true, I felt I was misled and people around the world contacted me say “see, I told you so”. Suffice to say, Vivian did contact me for a private chat to clarify.

Hence, it is indeed baffling to hear Ms Lau say that trust was maintained. Link in comments to the parliamentary exchange between WP’s Kenneth Tiong and Ms Lau.