New arrivals to China are now being given a wristband and an app for their smartphone
StayHomeSafe. Interesting name. The app and wristband are an alternative to forced quarantine camps. The app has a 14 day count down.
Israel approved cellphone tracking technologies to enable tracking of suspected COVID-19 patients.
Thailand provides a replacement SIM card for new arrivals to the country.
These and other measures have been implemented with less than usual regulatory oversight. Due to the urgency. The China wristband comes with a warning of criminal and civil penalties. Time will tell if the app can or does collect any other data. China collects data from citizen's smartphones. China uses facial recognition to a large degree, capability has to be lessened die to face masks.
The U.S. government is seeking measures from the technology sector to collect data to heighten the data collected to fight the outbreak. Law enforcement use of Stingrays can provide information and alert on large gatherings, has done so for years. The technology has been used and is used today. Google maps alerts on traffic congestion, restaurant wait times, population density for wild fire response, etc.
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