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April 3, 2020

More like Covid-1984

As governments use more data-tracking technology to trace coronavirus infection, privacy-first projects are emerging in response.


George Orwell, 1984 Book

Will Covid-19 spell the end of Europe’s long-cherished privacy ideals and give way to widespread technology-fueled state surveillance?

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