India was already a surveillance state. Its Covid-19 app goes even further
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Concerns about the government’s new contact-tracing software stretch back more than a decade, to its controversial biometric data scheme Critics warn that India’s new national contact tracing app, downloaded by over 100 million people, is just the latest move in the country’s drive to establish an increasingly draconian surveillance state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government launched the app, named Aarogya Setu — Hindi for “Bridge to Healthcare” — on April 2. The app is designed to (...)
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