Iran Launched an App That Claimed to Diagnose Coronavirus. Instead, It Collected Location Data on Millions of People. 1984, dystopia, ethic, fakenews, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epgkmz/iran-launched-an-app-that-claimed-to-diagnose-coronavirus-instead-it-collected-location-data-on-millions-of-people
Taiwan’s new ‘electronic fence’ for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring Covid, data, surveillance, technology https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-surveillanc/taiwans-new-electronic-fence-for-quarantines-leads-wave-of-virus-monitoring-idUSKBN2170SK
Poland made an app that forces coronavirus patients to take regular selfies to prove they’re indoors or face a police visit 1984, Covid, medical, surveillance, technology https://www.businessinsider.com/poland-app-coronavirus-patients-mandaotory-selfie-2020-3?r=US&IR=T
People Are Looping Videos to Fake Paying Attention in Zoom Meetings Covid, fakenews, genius, technology https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kzq5x/looping-videos-to-fake-paying-attention-in-zoom-meetings
Gun-Rights Activist Releases Blueprints for Digital Guns technology, weapon https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-activist-releases-blueprints-for-digital-guns-11585414671
Palantir in Talks With Germany, France for Virus-Fighting Tool 1984, hopelessness, surveillance, technology https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/palantir-in-talks-with-germany-france-for-virus-fighting-tool
Edward Snowden says COVID-19 could give governments invasive new data-collection powers that could last long after the pandemic 1984, Covid, dystopia, know, privacy, whistleblower https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/edward-snowden-coronavirus-surveillance-new-powers-2020-3
Zoom Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Sharing Data with Facebook data, facebook, fail, privacy https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke4vb/zoom-faces-class-action-lawsuit-for-sharing-data-with-facebook?utm_content=1585664131&utm_medium=social&utm_source=MOTHERBOARD_facebook
Is China’s social credit system as Orwellian as it sounds? 1984, dystopia, ethic, privacy, surveillance https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/26/137255/chinas-social-credit-system-isnt-as-orwellian-as-it-sounds/#Echobox=1585589038
Coronavirus Fake News Isn’t Like Other Fake News 1984, Covid, fakenews, Internet https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2020-03-30/coronavirus-fake-news-isnt-other-fake-news?utm_campaign=tw_daily_soc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_posts