It may have saved our lives, but will it kill our freedom?
Tech has been put to good use in the pandemic, but what’s in store now that it’s moving to endemic?
09 March 2022 - 19:36
The two-year fight against Covid-19 has turned technology into a weapon of choice to defeat the virus, but experts now worry it will outlive the pandemic and normalise mass surveillance...
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