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Privacy rights may become next victim of killer pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the creation of apps and tracking systems using people's smartphone location as part of the effort to limit contagion. [Image: AFP]

Digital surveillance and smartphone technology may prove helpful in containing the coronavirus pandemic -- but some activists fear this could mean lasting harm to privacy and digital rights.

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