“Contact trace me”
Faced with an app that uses only Bluetooth and serves solely to generate, broadcast and record my "proximity" to other phones, I do not hesitate to say: "contact trace" me too.
Now that the groundwork has been laid for a public debate of substance, it is time for the Government and the Directorate-General of Health to make a decision: do they or do they not want to allow a contact tracing app to be used in Portugal for the rapid detection of potential coronavirus cases?
It is known that the subject has been getting attention from the Executive and the health authorities. It is also known that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and António Costa agree on one point: an app like this can never be compulsory. But it is not known – I, at least, do not know – whether the Government is preparing to approve the use of this kind of tool.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 15 May 2020.