Take a sneak peak at the NSO platform that dozens of countries are testing to track citizens infected with coronavirus — and that a privacy advocate warned us could lead to 'nefarious' uses
Criticism aside, NSO's products have been used in times of crisis. It helped Brazilian officials, for example, track 51 missing people who were trapped under a mudslide after theThe company is now selling governments on the new platform specific to the coronavirus outbreak. And Business Insider got a first-hand look at how the potentially game-changing system works. To be sure, the technology firm has no access to any of the data used to power the application.
While NSO declined to discuss the details of any of the pilot projects under way, such a system is very possible. Carriers in Italy, Germany, and other countries, for example,The tool could be a powerful resource in helping to mitigate the deadly virus that has already claimed the lives of thousands and is estimated to lead toHealth experts, for example, say individuals who visit locations like supermarkets are at risk if someone with the virus spent 15 minutes or longer there.
A snapshot of NSO's platform that highlights who may have come in contact with a coronavirus patient.Or say a person infected with the virus routinely traveled to another area of town that currently has relatively few individuals that have tested positive. Using NSO's system, officials can pinpoint where the coronavirus may spread based on that tracking information.
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