Sources: Israel's Netanyahu has authorized the use of a previously undisclosed trove of cellphone data to fight coronavirus; the move still requires approval
Social distancing is here to stay … Yaacov Benmeleh / Bloomberg : Israel Approves 30-Day Tech Tracking of Coronavirus Carriers Tweets: Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill : Israel PM Netanyahu is moving to tap into “a vast and previously undisclosed trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements of people” with COVID-19 and to find those who should be in quarantine. This data is normally used in counter-terror operations. https://www.nytimes.com/... Sean McDonald / @seanmmcdonald : Objections to this are not about privacy - the vast majority of the use of data and mobile tech for epidemiology isn't effective. It is also, because it is super invasive, experimental, disproportionate, often illegal, and highly subject to abuse. https://cis-india.org/... https://twitter.com/... @motherboard : Keeping track of coronavirus will likely lead to the expansion of already problematic surveillance practices. https://www.vice.com/... Raphael Satter / @razhael : I'm curious what form of surveillance technology, specifically, is being proposed here. https://www.reuters.com/... @zenalbatross : whether it's a terrorist attack or a pandemic, the State has always exploited crises to entrench more authoritarian surveillance and policing that do absolutely nothing to alleviate the crisis at hand https://www.vice.com/... Kashmir Hill / @kashhill : Pandemics bring out all the secret tracking programs https://www.nytimes.com/... Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : You can always count on the Iraelis to overreact and turn on the spy shit to extreme level. https://twitter.com/... @haaretzcom : Cellphone tracking of patients was approved by Israel's Attorney General, although the privacy watchdog opposes it. The Justice Ministry says it is legal in a state of emergency | Live updates https://www.haaretz.com/... Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn : We are going to see coronavirus weaponized to violate privacy and the existing rule of law in ways we have not yet imagined. The doors that will open this way will never truly close again. https://twitter.com/... Ronen Bergman / @ronenbergman : PM Netanyahu authorized Israel intelligence agency to tap into a vast and trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements of people who have contracted the coronavirus and identify others who should be quarantined W\@halbfinger @IKershner https://www.nytimes.com/... Yusra Murad / @ymurad__ : “...there is no plan to hack into Israeli citizens' cellphones. But experts said that was simply unnecessary because the government already receives, as a matter of course, enough data from cellphone carriers to monitor the whereabouts of nearly anyone.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Israel PM Netanyahu is moving to tap into “a vast and previously undisclosed trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements of people” with COVID-19 and to find those who should be in quarantine. This data is normally used in counter-terror operations. https://www.nytimes.com/.…
Objections to this are not about privacy - the vast majority of the use of data and mobile tech for epidemiology isn't effective. It is also, because it is super invasive, experimental, disproportionate, often illegal, and highly subject to abuse. https://cis-india.org/... https:…
whether it's a terrorist attack or a pandemic, the State has always exploited crises to entrench more authoritarian surveillance and policing that do absolutely nothing to alleviate the crisis at hand https://www.vice.com/...
Cellphone tracking of patients was approved by Israel's Attorney General, although the privacy watchdog opposes it. The Justice Ministry says it is legal in a state of emergency | Live updates https://www.haaretz.com/...
We are going to see coronavirus weaponized to violate privacy and the existing rule of law in ways we have not yet imagined. The doors that will open this way will never truly close again. https://twitter.com/...
PM Netanyahu authorized Israel intelligence agency to tap into a vast and trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements of people who have contracted the coronavirus and identify others who should be quarantined W\@halbfinger @IKershner https://www.nytimes.com/...
“...there is no plan to hack into Israeli citizens' cellphones. But experts said that was simply unnecessary because the government already receives, as a matter of course, enough data from cellphone carriers to monitor the whereabouts of nearly anyone.” https://www.nytimes.com/.…