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April 25, 2020 05:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Z5kiPNwCju8/israel-stops-using-phone-tracking-to-enforce-covid-19-quarantines
Israel Stops Using Phone Tracking To Enforce COVID-19 Quarantines
Israel's use of phone tracking technology to track COVID-19 patients has come to a partial end. From a report: A parliamentary oversight committee has halted use of the tracking to enforce quarantines after raising privacy concerns. The privacy violations outweigh the benefits, committee member Ayalet Shaked said -- the phone monitoring tech doesn't help much when police already pay visits to COVID-19 patients to ensure they're following the rules. Police have so far argued that the tool is effective, having arrested 203 people with the help of phone location info. Law enforcement conducted about 500 random location checks per day.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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