As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets
“Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.”
I am an American constitutional lawyer – and I see our government using Covid-19 to take away our fundamental rights
“Do we really think “it can’t happen here” in America? Could we quarantine the constitution? Are we doing it already?”
How Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis
“Smartphones could be a powerful weapon against the novel coronavirus. But tracking people’s movements would offend many Americans’ sense of privacy.”
Protecting Civil Liberties During a Public Health Crisis
“As our society struggles with how best to minimize the spread of this disease, we must carefully consider the way that “big data” containment tools impact our digital liberties.”
DOJ Wants to Suspend Certain Constitutional Rights During Coronavirus Emergency
“The Department of Justice has secretly asked Congress for the ability to detain arrested people “indefinitely” in addition to other powers that one expert called “terrifying”.”
EFF and COVID-19: Protecting Openness, Security, and Civil Liberties
“The COVID-19 pandemic has made obvious how important the Internet and digital tools are to our lives and how vital it is that we maintain an open and secure approach to them.”
Considering the level of surveillance already here in the UK, before this Corona Virus outbreak, I have grave concerns that a lot of the extra measures for surveillance will remain in place… and the general population will not be informed. Considering how Brexit was engineered via Facebook, so it was never ever going to be a democratic vote, I have grave concerns.
Sadly I feel I will be in the minority!!!
I feel you are 100% correct.