Uber Announces Participating in Contact Tracing – They Will Turn You in to Health Authorities
By Brian Shilavy As I reported yesterday, law-abiding citizens are now being arrested in their homes with ankle monitors to prevent them from leaving in…
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New York Issues Subpoenas For Contact Tracing; Smartphones Add CV Logging Feature
By Aaron Kesel Rockland County, New York is now issuing subpoenas for CV contact tracing after the residents refused to be tracked, according to reports….
Half A Million Users Uninstall French Contact Tracing App As It Fails To Engage Users
By Tyler Durden New York City, Norway and Germany have each struggled to get their contact tracing programs off the ground. In NYC, an army…
Fact Check: How Invasive Are Contact Tracing Apps?
By The Conscious Resistance Journalist Derrick Broze breaks down the truth about those recent updates to iPhone and Android. Sources: Fact check: Google did not…
Study Finds Some Governments Already Using Contact Tracing Apps For Mass Surveillance
By John Vibes For months, privacy experts like Edward Snowden were warning about governments using virus contact tracing phone apps to conduct mass surveillance on…
How To Check If Your iPhone Is Secretly A Coronavirus Tracker
By Tyler Durden If you downloaded the latest iOS update back in May, and any following updates, then congratulations…your COVID-19 infection status will likely soon…
Norway Halts Smartphone Contact Tracing App, While Other European States Roll Out Tech
By Aaron Kesel Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace those who have been diagnosed with covid. This is…
Bracelets, Beacons, Barcodes: Wearables in the Global Response to COVID-19
By Katitza Rodriguez, Svea Windwehr, and Seth Schoen In their efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic, governments around the world are rolling out…
Police Use Contact Tracing And Big Tech To Identify Protesters
By MassPrivateI Countless warnings about how law enforcement could use contact tracing apps to monitor people have gone unheeded. As BGR.com revealed, police are using…
Contact Tracing: Laying the Foundation for Real-Time Social Tracking
By Sia Mohajer Many academics, business leaders, and governments are claiming that technology is a critical part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. By…