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The government in Taiwan has rolled out an \u201celectronic fence\u201d to keep quarantined individuals in their homes. The \u201celectronic fence\u201d uses mobile phone data to notify police if the cell phones of any people under mandatory quarantine leave their home areas. Travelers returning from abroad are subject to a mandatory quarantine so the electronic fence is being used on both Taiwanese citizens and non-citizens. If caught, quarantine dodgers are subject to a 1,000,000 NTD fine, which equates to around $33,000 USD \u2013 such a fine has already been levied at least once. Jyan Hong-wei, the head of Taiwan\u2019s Department of Cyber Security, explained to <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to stop people from running around and spreading the infection.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But a \u201cnice\u201d (for the government) side effect is that the government gets a taste of phone location tracking at a mass scale. Whether they give that up in the future remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: T.H. Schee has a concise diagram<\/a> that details the specifics behind Taiwan\u2019s digital fence.<\/p>\n

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Using phone location data to track quarantined individuals is still concerning surveillance no matter the perceived public good<\/span><\/h2>\n

To make sure that quarantined individuals aren\u2019t just leaving their phones at home, the local police also call the phones twice a day at random times and if there is no answer \u2013 they will send someone to the location. The use of cell phone location data is a new step, though, and Taiwan <\/span>isn\u2019t the only country<\/span><\/a> currently utilizing it. The government is able to get location data from telecommunications companies who have the data based on cell phone tower pings \u2013 even if your smartphone has turned off location data. In Hong Kong, those put under mandatory quarantine are given a wristband that does the same thing \u2013 but there is no use of phone location data. Taiwan is one of the first countries to utilize this phone location tracking technology and<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s surprising is the lack of blowback from civil liberties organizations and privacy advocates within Taiwan. Reuters spoke with a flight attendant that was put under quarantine because she had traveled for work. She said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s creepy that the government is teaming up with telecommunications companies to track our phones.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When she missed a check-in phone call, the electronic fence tightened. The quarantined flight attendant explained:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey said the police will come to me if I missed another phone call. I\u2019m treated like a prisoner.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The police will visit you if you slip the electronic fence, or you don\u2019t move around your home, or you lose signal or dies as phones are wont to do<\/span><\/h2>\n

These are not idle threats. Milo Hsieh, an American University student who was under quarantine after returning to Taiwan from Washington DC was visited by police within an hour of missing his check in phone calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiloHsieh\/status\/1241540231595044864?s=20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Another first hand accout of being under the electronic fence posted by Jonathan Chen to his Facebook account<\/a> reveals that the police will be notified even if your phone doesn\u2019t move while you are within the electronic fence \u2013 which they think could mean that you have left your phone at home. Chen wrote that he was notified to call an after hours number when such an incident happened to him as he was obeying the quarantine rules. The person who picked up the phone explained what tripped the electronic fence:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might have lost signal temporarily or did not make any movement for extended period of time so the system thought you might have left your phone at home and we can not risk you going out.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While this shows the severity of the Taiwanese government\u2019s response to COVID-19 and their commitment to keeping the virus at bay, it also showcases that the government is able to request such information from phone companies at the drop of a hat. It wasn\u2019t so many decades ago that Taiwan was under martial law \u2013 one of the longest period of martial law in world history. Unfortunately, it seems that much of the population still remembers these authoritarian times and are simply OK with their civil liberties being trampled on in the name of protecting the public. Without getting into the cultural differences between the East and West that may also contribute to that mentality, it is still imperative to implore the Taiwanese public to hold their government accountable. The electronic fence needs to be turned off once COVID-19 is under control \u2013 whether it will remain live or not remains to be seen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government in Taiwan has rolled out an \u201celectronic fence\u201d to keep quarantined individuals in their homes. The \u201celectronic fence\u201d uses mobile phone data to notify police if the cell phones of any people under mandatory quarantine leave their home areas. 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