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Contact Tracing, Location Data Markets and the Perils of Being Tracked -Anurag Mehra

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published Published on May 14, 2020   modified Modified on May 16, 2020

-TheWire.in

Why do some COVID apps prefer to shun location tracking altogether and some don't?

The mobile phone seems to be an important weapon in the fight against COVID-19. Phone apps that track location – basically, latitude, longitude at a specific time – and send this information to health authorities live are being deployed to ensure that phone owners remain within quarantine zones.

A different use simply records the location trail over a few weeks, at, say, 30-minute intervals, which can be shared with health authorities in case a person gets infected. Authorities can collate trails that intersect and alert people individually that they may have been in the proximity of someone who was infected. Or they could release this information into the public sphere so that other people can compare their own trails with those who acquired the infection to check if “paths ever crossed”.

At first sight, all of this looks good. Yet, questions must be asked: Who is acquiring this data? How will it be secured? Who all will have access to it? Can it be used for some other purpose? What can happen if this data were hacked or leaked? Most importantly, how will my identity and privacy be protected? The answers to some of these questions, as we will see, have given rise to widespread apprehension that location tracking may be too intrusive, and can put individuals at risk of social and physical threats.

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TheWire.in, 14 May, 2020, https://thewire.in/tech/contact-tracing-location-data-markets-and-the-perils-of-being-tracked


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