COVID-19 Could Provide Cover for Surveillance Expansion

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  1. Minimalist

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    Workplaces are turning to devices to monitor social distancing, but does the tech respect privacy?
    https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-workplaces-devices-social-distancing-tech.html
     
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    S. Korea walks a fine line between coronavirus tracing, privacy breach
    June 9, 2020
    http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200609000957
     
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    'A breach of privacy': Government issues reminder to hospitality sector over contact tracing details
    June 11, 2020
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/life...lity-sector-over-contact-tracing-details.html
     
  6. guest

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    Burger King finds a disturbing way to get people to stay home
    June 13, 2020
    https://www.zdnet.com/article/burger-king-finds-a-disturbing-way-to-get-people-to-stay-home/
    Geolocation data helps Burger King reward those who stay at home the longest
     
  7. Krusty

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    Privacy confusion over COVID Safe Checklist rules for hospitality venues
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06...s-cafes-warned-about-privacy-dangers/12351314
     
  8. guest

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    California startup’s drone software tracks social distancing from the air
    June 12, 2020
    https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/this-drone-software-tracks-social-distancing-from-the-air/
     
  9. guest

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    Germany says its coronavirus contact tracing app is ready
    June 14, 2020
    https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/14/21290874/germany-contact-tracing-coronavirus
    Engadget: Germany's COVID-19 contact tracing app arrives this week
     
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    More than 7 in 10 Americans won’t use contact-tracing apps, data shows
    https://arstechnica.com/science/202...ericans-dont-want-contact-tracing-data-shows/
     
  12. guest

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    Bracelets, Beacons, Barcodes: Wearables in the Global Response to COVID-19
    June 15, 2020
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/bracelets-beacons-barcodes-wearables-global-response-covid-19
     
  13. guest

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    NHS Test & Trace sends text to wrong person, telling them they tested negative for Coronavirus
    June 17, 2020
    https://www.grahamcluley.com/nhs-text-wrong-person-coronavirus/
     
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    Coronavirus mass surveillance could be here to stay, experts say | World news | The Guardian
     
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    https://www.irishtimes.com/business...lance-technology-in-combating-covid-1.4281722
     
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    Groups ask court to block sharing of private medical info with law enforcement in McHenry County
    June 18, 2020
    https://www.aclu-il.org/en/news/gro...al-information-law-enforcement-mchenry-county
     
  17. Minimalist

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    Health Sec Hancock says UK will use Apple-Google API for virus contact-tracing app after all (even though Apple were right rotters)
    https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/19/uk_looks_to_apple_and/
     
  18. guest

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    Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway Contact Tracing Apps Among Most Dangerous for Privacy
    June 18, 2020
    https://www.securitymagazine.com/ar...tracing-apps-among-most-dangerous-for-privacy
     
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    Companies are enforcing their own contact tracing to track employees
    Tech titans don’t have a monopoly on contact tracing – companies are developing their own
    June 22, 2020
    https://www.wired.co.uk/article/contact-tracing-offices-coronavirus
     
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    Test and Trace: We'll hold onto your data for eight years now - down from 20
    Still feels like a lot? That's because it is
    June 30, 2020

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/test-...onto-your-data-for-eight-years-instead-of-20/
     
  21. guest

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    COVID‑19 contact tracing – technology panacea or privacy nightmare?
    Can a technological intervention stem the pandemic while avoiding the privacy pitfalls of location tracking?
    June 30, 2020

    https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020...cing-technology-panacea-or-privacy-nightmare/
     
  22. guest

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    National COVID-19 exposure server could alert people across states
    Apple, Google and Microsoft would all play a part
    July 18, 2020

    https://www.engadget.com/covid-19-national-server-microsoft-003324506.html
    APHL to build national COVID-19 server using Apple and Google's API, hosted by Microsoft
     
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    Coronavirus: England's test and trace programme 'breaks GDPR data law'
    July 19, 2020
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53466471
     
  24. guest

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    EPIC Obtains Records on White House COVID-19 Response, Location Data Tracking
    July 21, 2020
    https://epic.org/2020/07/epic-obtains-records-on-white-.html
     
  25. guest

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    White House Tells EPIC to Delete COVID-19 Records, EPIC Declines
    July 23, 2020
    https://epic.org/2020/07/white-house-tells-epic-to-dele.html
     
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