Privacy & Digital-Rights Experts Worry Contact-Tracing Apps Lack Limits April 7, 2020 https://www.darkreading.com/mobile/...ntact-tracing-apps-lack-limits/d/d-id/1337509
South Africans are worried the government will use coronavirus phone tracking to spy on them April 7, 2020 https://qz.com/africa/1834409/coronavirus-south-africans-are-worried-about-cellphone-privacy/
Turkey to track citizens via mobile phones to enforce quarantines April 8, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...e-phones-to-enforce-quarantines-idUSKBN21Q1ZY
Tested positive for coronavirus? Health workers may share your address with police April 8, 2020 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...orkers-may-share-your-address-police-n1178696
Phone location data offers limited glimpse of virus spread, ACLU says April 9, 2020 https://statescoop.com/phone-location-data-offers-limited-glimpse-of-virus-spread-aclu-says/ ACLU White Paper: "The Limits of Location Tracking in an Epidemic" (PDF - 2.44 KB): https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/limits_of_location_tracking_in_an_epidemic.pdf
Hovering police drones take Italians' temperature and issue fines April 10, 2020 https://www.thelocal.it/20200410/hovering-police-drones-take-italians-temperature-and-issue-fines
Location data brokers say they can help contain COVID-19. Here's why that's a problem https://www.cnet.com/news/location-...p-contain-covid-19-heres-why-thats-a-problem/
White House Uses COVID-19 As A Reason To Create A Real-Time National Coronavirus Surveillance System April 9, 2020 https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2020/04/white-house-uses-covid-19-as-reason-to.html
How Apple and Google Are Enabling Covid-19 Contact-Tracing https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-bluetooth-contact-tracing-covid-19/
How you’ll use Apple and Google’s coronavirus tracking tool There’s still a lot we don’t know April 10, 2020 https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/10/...irus-covid-19-contact-tracing-app-details-use
Apple, Google reportedly team with UK's NHS on COVID-19 tracing app April 11, 2020 https://www.engadget.com/nhs-apple-google-covid-19-app-164752722.html Updated (April 12, 2020):
Coronavirus tracing apps don’t have to kill privacy to be effective https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-tracing-apps-privacy
Court Rules McHenry County Health Department Must Disclose COVID-19 Patients’ Names to 911 Dispatchers April 13, 2020 https://www.hipaajournal.com/court-...e-covid-19-patients-names-to-911-dispatchers/
Congress Presses Kushner on COVID-19 Health Data Surveillance Project ...members of Congress are probing the effort due to privacy risks April 13, 2020 https://healthitsecurity.com/news/c...-on-covid-19-health-data-surveillance-project
Coronavirus lockdowns could end in months if Australians are willing to have their movements monitored https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04...rnment-wants-australians-to-download/12148210
"Apple-Google 'Contact Tracing' System to Roll Out to iOS, Android Via Updates If you want to opt into the system, you won't need to download an app. Both companies plan on rolling out the feature to iPhones and Android handsets via software updates in the coming months..." https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-go...system-to-roll-out-to-ios-android-via-updates
I don't remember, perhaps one of our forum members could enlighten me. If the COVID-19 Could Provide Cover for Domestic Surveillance Expansion did we face this same possibility during the 2009-10 (H1N1pdm09 virus) Swine Flu Pandemic? And, if so, what steps were taken then?
NHS Denies #COVID19 App De-anonymization Plan April 14, 2020 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nhs-denies-covid19-app/
The Apple | Google API is just the first step to get us used to it. Then more things will come. They are actually going to be baking this into the OS itself. For now participation is voluntary... Time to learn to root.
First iPhone was released in 2007. First Android-powered smartphone was released in 2008. Simply put smartphone and mobile Internet usage and dependency wasn't that widespread.
U.S. senator says Apple, Google need to show contact tracing will not violate privacy April 15, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...racing-will-not-violate-privacy-idUSKCN21X32M
Convincing Australians to use government-sponsored coronavirus-tracing app a tough ask Should I download the coronavirus tracing app? Here's how to decide