There’s an app for that: Coronavirus apps 1984, app, bias, human guinea pig, marketing, privacy, psychology https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3675/theres-app-coronavirus-apps
Apple and Google have a clever way of encouraging people to install contact-tracing apps for COVID-19 1984, android, apple, Covid, privacy, surveillance https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/4/14/21219289/apple-google-contact-tracing-app-android-ios-pros-cons-quarantine-testing?utm_medium=social&utm_content=facebook&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=theverge.socialflow
How China built facial recognition for people wearing masks 1984, ai, dystopia, privacy, surveillance, technology https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/how-china-built-facial-recognition-for-people-wearing-masks/
MIT Scientists Are Building Devices to Hack Your Dreams 1984, dystopia, human guinea pig, technology https://futurism.com/mit-scientists-devices-hack-dreams
Tech giants are finding creative ways to use our data to fight the coronavirus 1984, dystopia, ethic, hopelessness, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/4/7/21209595/google-mobility-reports-facebook-disease-prevention-maps-tech-privacy-backlash?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=facebook&utm_campaign=theverge.socialflow
‘It Felt Like a Black Mirror Episode’ The Inside Account of How Bird Laid off 406 People in Two Minutes via a Zoom Webinar 1984, dystopia, ethic, hopelessness https://dot.la/bird-layoffs-meeting-story-2645612465.html
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
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
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