People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown in Bulgaria

Re:People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown in ... by rindalir on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:47AM (#22968505)

I could maybe, I guess, giving these to people temporarily if they actually test positive and are legally required to stay at home AND there was a problem with compliance with that order. But assigning them to broad swaths of the population would be completely unacceptable. The way that stuff like this is just being casually proposed and accepted is really alarming to me.

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Re:People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown in ... by azov on Friday April 24, 2020 @11:04AM (#22968714)

If the punishment for “failing” the test is having to wear this thing - good luck getting people to test. You would also need to legislate mandatory testing.

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Re:People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown in ... by lvturner on Friday April 24, 2020 @11:17AM (#22968882)

They assign tracking wristbands to everyone entering Hong Kong.

I had one.

Mine was just a paper band with a QR code on it - it was implied it had some form of RFID chip in it, although it was clear it didn't.

The new ones are a larger grey box that straps on to your wrist - I'm not convinced this isn't a panopticon too, but have yet to see any firm evidence either way.

While I know the risks, I'm partly for it - the methods here have worked.

Yes, yes, I know it's a slippery slope, hence the use of the word "partly"

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Re:People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown in ... by nsgi on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:33PM (#22971476)

Can you take it off?

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Re:People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown in ... by lvturner on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:52AM (#22978109)

Only with scissors - from what I've seen online the newer larger grey ones are removable, but it's possible you can't put them back on after removing them - don't know for sure.

Edit: upon entering HK you are put in to mandatory quarantine for two weeks - it's during this period the wrist bands are used.

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Re:People-tracking wristbands tested to enforce lockdown in ... by olivierkaisin on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:57AM (#22968633)

I can't agree more with you

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