Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
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Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#2Good thing phones are embedded into us and can't simply be left at home.
Joking aside, and I suppose privacy concerns aside, this measure is better than nothing and is also less draconian than the physical enforcement by police that was seen in mainland China.
Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#3Good thing phones are embedded into us and can't simply be left at home. Joking aside, and I suppose privacy concerns aside, this measure is better than nothing and is also less draconian than the physical enforcement by police that was seen in mainland China.
Fifth paragraph: "Officials also call twice a day to ensure people don’t avoid tracking by leaving their phones at home."
Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#4 > The system monitors phone signals to alert police and local officials if those in home quarantine move away from their address or turn off their phones. Jyan said authorities will contact or visit those who trigger an alert within 15 minutes.
> Officials also call twice a day to ensure people don’t avoid tracking by leaving their phones at home.
I'd hate this so much. I get why they feel it's necessary, I do. But I still absolutely hate this.
I hope stuff like this doesn't get nomralized. Especially in other non-first-world countries
Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#5Good thing phones are embedded into us and can't simply be left at home. Joking aside, and I suppose privacy concerns aside, this measure is better than nothing and is also less draconian than the physical enforcement by police that was seen in mainland China.
Fifth paragraph: "Officials also call twice a day to ensure people don’t avoid tracking by leaving their phones at home."
good thing phone forwarding isn't a thing
Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#6Tracking like this has been one of the reasons for Singapores success to curbing the virus.
https://www.therakyatpost.com/2020/03/23/what-malaysia-can-l...
""If people don’t have symptoms, they’re put in home quarantine. And home quarantine is very strict. A couple times a day, you’ll get an SMS and you have to click on a link that will show where your phone is.
In case you cheat and leave your phone at home with someone else, the government has people knocking on doors now and then. The penalties are pretty harsh. ""
Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#7Taiwan doing this = effective. china doing this = creepy. however, probably necessary in both cases. perhaps a rhetorical cease-fire globally would benefit us all.
Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#8Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#9Tracking like this has been one of the reasons for Singapores success to curbing the virus. https://www.therakyatpost.com/2020/03/23/what-malaysia-can-l... ""If people don’t have symptoms, they’re put in home quarantine. And home quarantine is very strict. A couple times a day, you’ll get an SMS and you have to click on a link that will show where your phone is. In case you cheat and leave your phone at home with som…
There was a Chinese person in Singapore who had PR and refused to follow the quarantine order.
They took away his PR status.
Re: Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
#10Tracking like this has been one of the reasons for Singapores success to curbing the virus. https://www.therakyatpost.com/2020/03/23/what-malaysia-can-l... ""If people don’t have symptoms, they’re put in home quarantine. And home quarantine is very strict. A couple times a day, you’ll get an SMS and you have to click on a link that will show where your phone is. In case you cheat and leave your phone at home with som…
There was a Chinese person in Singapore who had PR and refused to follow the quarantine order. They took away his PR status.
PR?