A surveillance pandemic? A community listening session on emergent post-COVID trends, from contact tracking to special powers

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Find the writeup and subsequent discussion at the link below. Closing this topic.

A surveillance pandemic? Results of the community listening post on risks for freedom in the wake of COVID-19

[surveillance_by_Pete_Linforth] Governments and tech companies are reaching for tech-based tools to help defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the solutions under discussion imply restrictions to civil liberties and human rights, like the right to privacy (here is Edward Snowden weighing in). This is creating uneasiness in the communities I am a part of – a disturbance in the Force, if you are a Star Wars fan. People worry, but no one is sure what an appropriate diagnosis and response to the …