CDT Discussion Series:
A Debate on the Risks of Bluetooth Contact Tracing
Countries around the world, and state governments in the United States, are deploying Bluetooth-enabled proximity apps to notify people that they may have been exposed to a person who has COVID-19. Developers are scrambling to produce these contact tracing apps, and Google and Apple are developing an Application Program Interface to facilitate their deployment.
Are these apps effective, and can the privacy, equality, and “mission creep" concerns that surround them be addressed? This issue will come to a head when Stanford Law School’s Albert Gidari and the ACLU’s Neema Singh Guliani headline the next CDT COVID-19 webinar and debate whether, at this time, the potential benefits of Bluetooth-enabled contact tracing outweigh the risks. Gidari will argue the affirmative, and Guliani will argue the negative.
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