The coronavirus outbreak is opening a new and worrisome front in the battle for our privacy. I’m providing coverage on my privacy-focused podcast on as much of it as I can.

When I started my privacy podcast The Private Citizen at the beginning of February, I was still trying to ignore what I felt like was a seriously inflated reaction to the coronavirus outbreak. I still feel like the reaction is overblown, but it’s gotten to a point where I can’t ignore it with a clear conscience anymore. Especially because I see a lot of privacy problems in everyone’s reactions to the virus.

So last week, I released the first of what is rapidly becoming a series of episodes on the topic.

→ The Private Citizen 7: Personal Liberties and the Coronavirus Scare

In this first one, I explain the regulations passed in Germany in the wake of the big scare. Some of this has changed and I’m continuing to update podcast listeners on the situation, but this first episode on the topic provides a good foundation for everything that follows. A big part of that episode is me trying to explain the reservations I have about these laws and regulations and what I worry it might lead to in the future. Check it out if you haven’t already – and if you still have a stomach for gloom and doom, of course.

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