Corona ... This is how technology monitors non-compliance with the "ban"

At a time when all countries, without exception, resort to imposing severe penalties on those who do not respect the curfews or the social divergence standards necessary to stop the spread of the Corona virus, some governments have resorted to smart applications to monitor the commitment of their citizens.

Because imposing any measure on a large number of people is not always easy, especially with regard to freedom of movement, programming companies in several countries such as China, South Korea and Thailand have worked on developing applications that help to track the epidemic through smart phones.

These applications will determine the person's proximity to the virus carrier, as well as the patient's nationality, gender, age and places he visited.

And it seems that the use of smart technologies has proven useful so far, as the process of installing these applications on smart devices exceeded twenty thousand operations per hour, which helped to intensify medical examinations and discover new infections.

In this context, some experts and decision makers are considering the possibility of resorting to modern technology in order to monitor the health status of citizens even after the end of the Corona crisis.

Informatics specialists have proposed the creation of a renewed database that informs the authorities of the citizens' health status through technological mechanisms.

One of the most prominent proposals is to provide citizens with smart bracelets that accompany them all the time to measure their temperature and their heartbeat.
It is also possible to obtain a person's data by checking his fingerprints whenever he touches his smartphone.
And security cameras deployed in the streets and apartment buildings can also contribute to tracking unnecessary visits at the time of the curfew.
But while some people find this idea desirable, many believe that taking such measures may cause panic and confusion among citizens.
And if these technologies are developed, there will undoubtedly be a wide debate regarding the extent to which they threaten the privacy of users and its impact on their daily lives.