Fears over Israel’s Covid-19 surveillance law - Asia Times
▻https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/fears-over-israels-covid-19-surveillance-law
This penchant for technology alongside the Israeli obsession with security has also led to the development of high-tech methods to bolster the occupation in the West Bank.Israeli security services have often used tracking software to spy on Palestinians, often using compromising data on sexual or financial improprieties to pressure them into working as assets for Israel.Tracking the routes of infection is no doubt a useful measure in virus containment. But surveillance implications will remain well after the virus is eradicated.As a general rule, once a government is granted the authority to track large numbers of citizens through their cellphones, an important precedent is set. In this case, citizens who are not suspected of committing any crimes and have not given their consent.
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