Ethics of digital contact tracing and COVID-19: who is (not) free to go?

• DOI: 10.1007/s10676-020-09544-0
• Publication Date: 2020-08-24T18:03:40Z
• Authors: Michael Klenk; Hein Duijf
• Keywords: Contact tracing; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Tracing

Digital tracing technologies are heralded as an effective way of containing SARS-CoV-2 faster than it is spreading, thereby allowing the possibility easing draconic measures population-wide quarantine. But existing technological proposals risk addressing wrong problem. The proper objective not