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I wonder if the case tracing for this virus will be used to promote a policy of "we need to know where everyone is, just in case". I can see someone putting tha
by lordnacho 7y ago
I wonder if the case tracing for this virus will be used to promote a policy of "we need to know where everyone is, just in case". I can see someone putting that out and saying the information will only be used in this type of emergency.
- rasteau 7y agoNo need to wonder. https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818327945/israel-begins-tracking-and-texting-those-possibly-exposed-to-the-coronavirus https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818327945/israel-begins-track... "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the country's Shin Bet domestic spy agency, usually tasked with monitoring Palestinian and Israeli extremists, to launch the cellphone surveillance. It locates people who could have the virus and messages them. "Meanwhile, late Thursday Israel's Supreme Court stopped the police from using the data to enforce quarantines, which it had started doing. The court also said it could scrap the program unless it goes through parliament or if the country is put on a total lockdown."
- notyourday 7y agoLiving in NYC it was very eye-opening to me how readily supposedly fiercely independent and "how dare you, the government, theoretically infringe on my theoretical rights" population fell in line with the government orders that are just shy of rights suspension with the only bone thrown to the electorate being a suspension of evictions.
- finnthehuman 7y agoI'd expect to see it. People are already using the virus as a reason people shouldn't be allowed to have surveillance-free conversations: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/tech/whatsapp-coronavirus-misinformation/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/tech/whatsapp-coronavirus-mis...