Privacy rights may become next victim of killer pandemic
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Hong Kong ordered people arriving from overseas to wear tracking bracelets, and Singapore has a team of dedicated digital detectives monitoring those living under quarantine.
China gave people smartphone codes displayed in green, yellow, and red, determining where citizens can and cannot go.
authoritarian regimes are using COVID-19 as a pretext to suppress independent speech, increase surveillance, and otherwise restrict fundamental rights, going beyond what is justified by public health needs
Some activists cite the precedent of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which opened up the door to more invasive surveillance in the name of national security.
For qns on privacy and govt's intereference in the lives of its people.....
Hong Kong ordered people arriving from overseas to wear tracking bracelets, and Singapore has a team of dedicated digital detectives monitoring those living under quarantine.
China gave people smartphone codes displayed in green, yellow, and red, determining where citizens can and cannot go.
authoritarian regimes are using COVID-19 as a pretext to suppress independent speech, increase surveillance, and otherwise restrict fundamental rights, going beyond what is justified by public health needs
Some activists cite the precedent of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which opened up the door to more invasive surveillance in the name of national security.
For qns on privacy and govt's intereference in the lives of its people.....
posted by Dark Shadow | 12:24 PM
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