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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Shin Bet begins using cellular data to track COVID-19 carriers
The Shin Bet security service confirms it has begun using cellular data to retrace the movements of carriers of the coronavirus.
“These activities began after permissions were received from the attorney general and the government,” a Shin Bet official tells The Times of Israel.
— Judah Ari Gross