Health Passport Apps? No Thank You. Shift + Delete.
A 'health passport' is a prospective app that can be used to curb and reduce the spread of the Corona Virus by barring people's movements or admissions into public spaces based on what your profile on the app indicates. In China, a similar app with similar functions is already being put to use. If the 'Health Passport' is imposed on citizens, this app will basically dictate and determine the course of your day depending on what code or flag is attached to your profile. For instance, say you previously contracted Covid-19, got treated and are now better. However, your profile has not been updated by your local health institution and your profile still has a flag that is still indicating that you still have Covid-19. Because of that flag, it means you can't use the public bus, the restaurants, the library or use any other public amenities. This also means you will be restricted to your abode. Let us not even get into the privacy violations that such an app will be perpetrating. But, that is a story for another day.
In my opinion, privacy should be an elemental human right given the rate at which technology is advancing and how the lines of invasion of privacy are being blurred daily.
Midway through 2020, China started using using a colour based system to control people's movements as a means to curb the spread of the Corona Virus.
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