Shin Bet anti-terrorism measures to track people infected with the virus
Edward Snowden can’t understand why the Israelis are not furious, about the use of the Shin Bet’s mass surveillance database to track people infected by the coronavirus.
The man who sparked an international tempest by exposing the American government’s vast surveillance program targeting its own citizens was sure that there would be a huge protest in Israel.
“I really find it difficult to grasp how this thing has not aroused a big public storm,” he said in an exclusive interview with Ynet’s sister publication Yedioth Ahronoth.
“It is very surprising to me that the Israeli public does not understand the extent to which a pool of data such as this in the hands of the Shin Bet is dangerous. True, Israel is a country at war, but it must be remembered that a large part of the Israeli population is in Israel as the outcome of a tragedy, an intentional atrocity that was powered by the abuse of public records that were held by the Nazis in Germany.
“So I say to the Israelis: Set aside your political feelings for the day, set aside your feelings about Netanyahu, about his opposition rivals, that is less important.”
— source ynetnews.com | Ronen Bergman | 04.19.20