HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) â Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in Americaâs perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices.
They currently exist in only one state â a limited government partnership in New York with a private company â but that hasnât stopped GOP lawmakers in a handful of states from rushing out legislative proposals to ban their use.
The argument over whether passports are a sensible response to the pandemic or governmental overreach echoes the bitter disputes over the past year about masks, shutdown orders and even the vaccines themselves.
Privacy advocates demand more information on New York s Excelsior Pass
They want to know who has access to the data, and whether local police or federal agencies can see who is vaccinated or not. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 3:55 AM EDT April 1, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Last week New York State announced the Excelsior Pass, which will act as a badge to gain entry to concerts, sporting events, and theaters for those vaccinated or with a negative COVID-19 test.
Now privacy advocates are demanding more information from New York State over who has access to the data, and whether local police or federal agencies can see who is vaccinated or not. There s also concerns over digital segregation that a pass like this could cause.
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Bay Area camera company hack reaches schools, gyms, prisons
Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
March 10, 2021
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In one video, a woman in a hospital room watches over someone sleeping in an intensive-care-unit bed. In another, a man and three children celebrate one Sunday afternoon over a completed puzzle in a carpeted playroom.
The private moments would have, in some other time, been constrained to memory. But something else had been watching: an internet-connected camera managed by the San Mateo, Calif.-based security start-up Verkada, which sells cameras and software that customers can use to watch live video from anywhere across the Web.
Bay Area camera company hack reaches schools, gyms, prisons
Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
March 10, 2021
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In one video, a woman in a hospital room watches over someone sleeping in an intensive-care-unit bed. In another, a man and three children celebrate one Sunday afternoon over a completed puzzle in a carpeted playroom.
The private moments would have, in some other time, been constrained to memory. But something else had been watching: an internet-connected camera managed by the San Mateo, Calif.-based security start-up Verkada, which sells cameras and software that customers can use to watch live video from anywhere across the Web.