Drones and robot dogs to check covid-19 are amusing and scary, but this is also a time for governments to build and use tech that follows principles of accountability, clarity and fairness While sheltering at home to keep herself safe from the novel coronavirus, Neela Chandra was overwhelmed with updates on TV and social media but wasn’t certain how to sift through the clutter.
One message on how technology was helping fight the disease caught her eye. It urged her to download Aarogya Setu, the contact-tracing app endorsed by the government, but she wondered about the privacy risks.
Would it get access to all her data? Would she be able to restrict access after deleting the app? Many of us have been in Chandra’s shoes, sceptical about new