How much surveillance is justifiable in a pandemic, and how can a coronavirus warning app help effectively without endangering fundamental rights?
Stefan Kofler, managing director of QuickBird Medical, answered these and other questions in an interview with the public radio station hr info. As part of the politics podcast “Ausweg aus der Pandemie-Krise oder Einstieg in die Big-Brother-Ära?“, he discussed the opportunities and limits of digital infection control together with other experts.
The focus of the discussion was:
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the technical workings of coronavirus warning apps,
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the interplay of Bluetooth technology and data protection,
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and the societal question: how do you create trust in digital health solutions?
The interview, broadcast in the summer of 2020, made a significant contribution to the public debate on the use of digital technologies to combat the pandemic.
Stefan Kofler in the podcast interview with hr info.