Ministers approve controversial phone tracking program to halt virus
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(Worthy News) – Israel’s caretaker government unanimously approved on Tuesday a measure allowing security services to deploy advanced digital monitoring tools in an effort track carriers of the coronavirus, despite widespread privacy concerns.
The approval of the emergency measure, which will be in place for 30 days, bypassed the Knesset, where a subcommittee on clandestine services on Monday stopped short of approving a government request to approve the surveillance.
Such tracking technologies, which in large part rely on data from cellphones, have principally been used by the Shin Bet security service in counterterrorism operations, and have raised major privacy concerns. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]
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