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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Big Brother is watching -Charu Sudan Kasturi

Big Brother is watching -Charu Sudan Kasturi

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published Published on Apr 23, 2020   modified Modified on Apr 25, 2020

-The Telegraph

The pandemic has given surveillance tools legitimacy in the eyes of civil society which at other times might have been more concerned about privacy issues

Among the “seven” to-dos that Prime Minister Narendra Modi listed for the country on April 13 while announcing the extension of a nationwide lockdown was a call for citizens to download the ‘Aarogya Setu’ app. It would help “prevent the spread of [the] corona infection,” Modi said in his televised address, before asking listeners to “inspire others to download the app as well.”

The app tracks the exact location of users and triangulates that with data from other users to determine who meets whom, and whether they’re at risk from someone else who might have been exposed to the coronavirus. In theory, it’s a case of tech helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus. But in practice, it’s an instance of India learning the wrong lessons from others.

It started with South Korea, the undisputed envy of the world in its handling of the crisis. Despite its proximity to China and an early surge in infections, it has fewer cases than India. But while its emphasis on testing has drawn plaudits, the country also deployed another tool that has since excited governments around the world: mass surveillance.

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The Telegraph, 23 April, 2020, https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/coronavirus-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-enabled-government-to-use-surveillance-tools/cid/1767200?fbclid=IwAR107r2ADmmBg6amW0oJ-2nW_U-TXWtPA7ARfy9hPEbX9RehJfgsn_E9Bew


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