Do we support our governments to use strict surveillance methods in the fight against the coronavirus?

Abstract

Chinese-style surveillance is coming to a neighborhood near you. From drones barking orders at park-goers to tracing people’s movements through mobile phones, the governments all over the world are now rushing to embrace sophisticated surveillance tools that would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago. Unprecedented use of surveillance technology, such as the use of tracking bands by the Hong Kong government or phone tracking by the Taiwanese government to ensure self-quarantining patients do not leave their homes, are indeed accepted by the local population, since they believe the fight against the coronavirus is a collective effort and believe in sacrificing these freedoms momentarily for the collective good.