How big tech can help fight coronavirus
When the coronavirus broke out in China, the surveillance state went into overdrive. Thermal scanners were installed in train stations, a color-coded surveillance app now tells citizens whether they can leave their homes, and millions of security cameras revealed who was breaking quarantine.
For it to work though, first we need significantly more testing. And then, the public needs to trust the promise that tech companies aren't saving any sensitive health information. While what's been, concerns swirl that it could eventually become mandatory, and that it will prove difficult to roll back data-gathering efforts after the crisis passes.
But if we're going to get the economy up and running again, a sophisticated contact-tracing tool could be a major part of the solution.
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