Privacy fears as India hand stamps suspected coronavirus cases
Mumbai/Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation People suspected of having the coronavirus in India have received hand stamps and are being tracked using their mobile phones and personal data to help enforce quarantines, raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance. The outbreak, termed COVID-19, has infected more than 234,000 people worldwide and killed nearly 10,000, according to […]
Mass surveillance fears as India readies facial recognition system
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation As India prepares to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children, human rights and technology experts on Thursday warned of the risks to privacy and from increased surveillance. Use of the camera technology is an effort in “modernising the police force, […]