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People in Poland under a mandatory 14-day quarantine have an interesting way to prove that they are following the quarantine. Usually, such mandatory quarantines are checked on by local authorities with physical visits; however, the government there has now released an app that quarantined individuals can opt in to use instead. This app, called the \u201cHome quarantine app\u201d in Polish is still opt in at this point. A Polish digital ministry spokesperson, Karol manys, told AFP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople in quarantine have a choice: either receive unexpected visits from the police, or download this app.\u201d<\/p>\n

How does the Polish COVID-19 quarantine \u201cselfie app\u201d work?<\/h2>\n

When signing up for the Polish COVID-19 \u201cselfie app,\u201d users first register a selfie. The quarantined user will then be randomly notified by the app to upload another selfie from inside their place of quarantine which is processed through facial recognition software to verify that the selfie is real. The selfie also includes the geotag information which also serves to prove that the sender is at the place of quarantine and not out and about. Polish authorities have had to fine people who have not been respecting their mandatory quarantines. If a selfie isn\u2019t uploaded within twenty minutes, the local authorities are notified.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not everyone\u2019s best dream to be sending location information and pictures of the insides of their private homes to a government database multiple times a day. What if a quarantined individual\u2019s selfie shows an illegal item in the background? Or what if the selfie upload doesn\u2019t work, and the government is now allowed to barge into the quarantine location.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s perfectly fine for such an app to exist \u2013 especially as an alternative to using law enforcement man hours to physically check on at-risk quarantined patients, it would be a huge privacy concern if Poland decided to make every citizen download the COVID-19 selfie app. It\u2019s even possible that the app \u2013 which obviously has location and camera permissions \u2013 could be used for more nefarious surveillance purposes as was seen when Iran tried to get citizens to download a COVID-19 detection app<\/a> \u2013 which has since been removed from app stores.<\/p>\n

Poland is still exploring additional options to aid in \u201cflattening the curve\u201d<\/h2>\n

While there are no indications that the Home quarantine app will become the Home self-isolation app or the Shelter-at-home app, nothing is off the table as governments around the world continue to push boundaries in their response to COVID-19. On Monday, government spokesperson Piotr Muller told public radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is considering various options regarding the epidemic situation, including launching other limitations than up to date.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While it isn\u2019t clear what those additional options or limitations might be. Given the existence of a location checking app that\u2019s already being rolled out, if things get worse \u2013 it\u2019s entirely possible that the Polish government could turn around and mandate that everyone download this app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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