"Coronavirus: People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown"

in #corona5 years ago

'"Campaign groups, including Privacy International, have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could be used as a "power grab" by some governments.

It has said new measures should be "temporary, necessary, and proportionate".

"When the pandemic is over, such extraordinary measures must be put to an end and held to account," Privacy International said in a blog post."'

interesting article, lots of angles to consider and insightful examples for use cases.

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source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52409893

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We have had an app release by our government in Australia which have some people in a fit about privacy. It seems a bit unfounded here though as the code is open source, it runs off bluetooth rather than GPS and only has the most basic of information input to run. I think we Aussies may be dodging a couple of bullets through all this hullabaloo. Stay safe, rest of the world.

yeah very interesting, bluetooth makes it more private less person specific i think i read, better then some alternatives

unfortunately it is a scenario that is repeated in several Latin American countries, and this covid-19 era will not facilitate a full democratic performance, but we will continue on the path to promote our continent