Australia Unveils Orwellian App Using Facial Recognition Software, Geolocation to Enforce Covid Quarantine Orders
South Australia, one of six states down under, has unveiled a new Orwellian app using facial recognition and geolocation tags to enforce Covid quarantine orders.
The app was designed to track domestic travel in Australia.
Australians returning from New South Wales and Victoria will be required to prove they are obeying a 14-day quarantine by uploading a photo with geolocation to prove their location within 15 minutes of being pinged by the app.
“We don’t tell them how often or when, on a random basis they have to reply within 15 minutes,” Steven Marshall, premier of the state of South Australia said.
If a person doesn’t upload a photo within 15 minutes, a police officer will show up to their door to conduct an in-person check.
