Bahrain "BeAware", Kuwait "Schlonik" & Norway "Smittestopp" contact tracing surveillance apps among most dangerous - mandatory live tracking via GPS in real time
Arlen Holder <[email protected]>
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Amnesty International: "Bahrain's 'BeAware Bahrain', Kuwait's 'Shlonik' and Norway's 'Smittestopp' apps stood out as among the most alarming mass surveillance tools assessed by Amnesty, with all three actively carrying out live or near-live tracking of users' locations by frequently uploading GPS coordinates to a central server." "Authorities in all these countries can easily link this sensitive personal information to an individual, as Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait require users to register with a national ID number, while Norway requires registration with a valid phone number." "Both the Bahraini and Kuwaiti apps can pair with a Bluetooth bracelet which is used to make sure the user remains in the vicinity of the phone" o Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway contact tracing apps among most dangerous <https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/bahrain-kuwait-norway-contact-tracing-apps-danger-for-privacy/> "'Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway have run roughshod over people's privacy, with highly invasive surveillance tools which go far beyond what is justified in efforts to tackle COVID-19,' said Claudio Guarnieri, Head of Amnesty International's Security Lab." "They are essentially broadcasting the locations of users to a government database in real time" -- We will lose privacy simply because the ignorati live in abject fear.