Psychiatrist Dr Tanveer Ahmed says the notion of privacy has changed in Australia as, in the name of security, increasingly extreme forms of monitoring are being allowed.
“Drones now patrol the city in Melbourne patrolling social distancing protocols,” Mr Ahmed said. “The Covid safe app monitors our movements. “Our internet behaviour already produces gigabytes of data for commercial use for the likes of our Silicon Valley overlords- Google, Facebook, Amazon etc.” Mr Ahmed said Sydney has about 60 thousand surveillance cameras and was only a step away from incorporating facial recognition systems.
“In the name of security, we've allowed all types of monitoring that civil liberty types are up in arms about,” he said. “Every new technological, legal, and cultural development raises concerns about the death of privacy. “No one wants us to be like China, but authoritarianism is on the march in even the places we consider bastions of freedom. “Privacy is central to liberty. “But arguably, privacy is also a privilege.
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