In a tussle to track, and thus stem the flow of, new cases of Coronavirus, Government across the globe are rushing to track the location of their population. Recently, a message splashed atop of a website, “It Is Possible To Stop The Epidemic”. This is created by a team from Oxford University at this time to share new research on the spread of novel coronavirus. Below is a hopeful statement coming as a big caveat: To stop the virus spread, health officials need to find and quarantine the contacts of infected people – lots of them – and fast. Undeniably, such contacts tracing is a mainstay disease remedial. But, the Oxford team is one of the distinctive’s to advocate the new approach: Tapping into mobile location data to track the spread of infection and advise people who may have been exposed. Several governments in Asia have opted for this approach in ways that would run afoul of privacy laws in many respective countries. Let’s take an example of China, reportedly relied on mass surveillance of phones to the group the individuals by their health status and confined their movements. In addition, research teams in Europe and the USA are …
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