Bahrain’s ‘BeAware Bahrain’, Kuwait’s ‘Shlonik’ and Norway’s ‘Smittestopp’ are the most privacy-invasive contact-tracing apps, reveals Amnesty International study
Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway have rolled out some of the most invasive Covid-19 contact-tracing apps, putting the privacy and security of hundreds of thousands of people at risk, an Amnesty International investigation has revealed.
The human rights group found the apps were “highly invasive mass surveillance tools”, which infringed users’ rights to privacy by collecting personal data beyond the needs for monitoring the spread of the coronavirus.
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