State of Exception or the New Normal? An Evaluation of Pandemic Tracking Technologies and Their Implications for Citizenship
Jakob Linaa Jensen
Abstract:This article forms a critical examination of how the increased digitalization of daily life, exemplified by pandemic digital technologies of tracking apps and digital Covid-19 passports, affects ethical principles of privacy, subjectivity and autonomy, fundamental in a traditional notion of citizenship. The pandemic crisis has been an example of the increasing use of automated technologies across various domains, where society has become deeply reliant on these technologies. I argue that in ethical terms, the … Show more
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