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Re:Digital surveillance technologies to fight pandemic must ... by Tainnor on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:03PM (#22869289)
I think you raise a good point of how culture-dependent reactions to the virus are. Even if we're not as collectivist as much of Asia, Europe seems to be much more relaxed about temporarily giving up some "liberties" than the US.

Although it's noteworthy that data protection is also much stronger in Europe than in the US.

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Re:Digital surveillance technologies to fight pandemic must ... by dirtyid on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:07PM (#22869339)
Yeah, I think with respect to privacy, some Europeans have faith that they can claw back some lost protection via democratic process. Other places are justifiably more pessimistic.
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