Written by Albert Fox Cahn and Alyssa Domino on Fast Company.
“Rather than simply accepting tracking with open arms, Americans should be wary of geeks bearing gifts. Today’s startups could do more than squander venture capital dollars—their misguided COVID-19 surveillance measures may cost lives and undermine our democracy.
… This points to one of the most fundamental concerns in any new health surveillance tool: Who else gets the data? Even if a tool is shown to be effective, even if it’s deployable at scale, how else might the data be used by government agencies?”
Read ‘Tracking everyone’s whereabouts won’t stop COVID-19’ on the Fast Company site.