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/
Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds android, app, ethic, fail, piracy, privacy, surveillance Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds
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
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
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
It’s time to track people’s smartphones to ensure they self-isolate during this global pandemic, says WHO boffin 1984, Covid, dystopia, hopelessness, privacy, surveillance https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/23/track_phones_coronavirus_who/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
Coronavirus Reality Check: Yes, U.S. And Europe Will Track Our Phone Location Data—Get Used To It 1984, app, Covid, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/03/19/coronavirus-reality-check-yes-us-and-eu-governments-will-track-our-phones-get-used-to-it/#5a61efcb1274