Population surveillance in Thailand just got a lot more real

Thailand’s government is asking major mobile operators to share their users’ location data to track COVID-19, which means population surveillance just got more real.

Thai Chana: losing our right to privacy

There are three problems with the Thai Chana app. First, it’s a loss of privacy. Second, the QR code for check-in/out is problematic. Third, using phone numbers for contract tracing isn’t exactly reliable.