Coronavirus: Tracking the Outbreak, or Spying on People?

In the race to protect public health, are governments harming privacy rights? Plus, Trump's coronavirus misinformation.

Coronavirus: Tracking the Outbreak, or Spying on People?

In the worldwide battle against COVID-19 - more governments are looking at our phones to track the infected and to prevent the virus from spreading.

China, South Korea, Israel, Italy and others are using phone location software, along with CCTV video and credit card records, among other tools, to do that.

Governments are understandably eager to use every weapon at their disposal in this fight and phone tracking has already proven effective in some places - such as China.