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The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order - WSJ 4 April 2020

A global retreat from balancing power with legitimacy will cause the social contract to disintegrate both domestically and internationally. Yet this millennial issue of legitimacy and power cannot be settled simultaneously with the effort to overcome the Covid-19 plague. Restraint is necessary on all sides—in both domestic politics and international diplomacy. Priorities must be established.

Responsible Coronavirus Surveillance Is Possible, Privacy Experts Say 3 April 2020

The coronavirus tracking ramp-up is already well underway around the world. In South Korea, Taiwan, and Israel, authorities use smartphone location data to enforce individual quarantines. Moscow police say they’ve already busted 200 quarantine violators caught via facial recognition-enabled cameras. NSA contractor and perennial privacy offender Palantir is helping Britain’s National Health Service track infections. […]

Anick Jesdanun, longtime AP technology writer, dies at 51 3 April 2020

Exclusive: iPhone 9 launch imminent, 2020 'iPhone SE' in red, white, and black with up to 256GB - 9to5Mac 3 April 2020

Apple’s marketing names are perhaps the most protected component of new iPhones, so we’ve used two nicknames to reference the rumored iPhone 8 replacement so far: iPhone SE 2 and iPhone 9. Based on the new information 9to5Mac has learned, Apple will simply call the new entry-level model “iPhone SE” while referencing the new hardware […]

Swedish police cleared to deploy spyware against crime suspects | ZDNet 2 April 2020

Sweden's police force has been granted new powers this week, including the ability to deploy spyware on suspects' devices to intercept encrypted communications and turn on microphones and cameras.

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