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The trade-offs ‘smart city’ apps like COVIDSafe ask us to make go well beyond privacy
The Commonwealth government says if enough of us download its COVIDSafe app, restrictions on our movements and activities can be lifted more quickly and...
As important as it is to contain the spread of coronavirus, no government decision about how to do that is beyond question.
- Kurt Iveson
- The Conversation
For those of us concerned about the social and political life of our increasingly “smart” cities, the thinking behind the COVIDSafe app and other “smart city” technology must…
The public focus has been on the app’s privacy implications, but other important issues warrant critical scrutiny too.
Indeed, the app….