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February 3, 2022, 5:01 pm
Attorney general defends use of surveillance tech against Palestinian protesters
Responding to watchdog, Mandelblit’s office admits problems with messages sent to those in proximity of May rioting, including Arab Israelis
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December 1, 2021, 7:55 pm
State comptroller criticizes government use of Shin Bet tracking of COVID patients
Matanyahu Englman says ‘right to privacy’ must be upheld and that 96.5% of people Shin Bet ordered into quarantine were found to have not been infected
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ToI Staff
November 30, 2021, 1:46 pm
Deputy AG: Shin Bet tracking ‘very problematic,’ but Omicron is an exceptional case
Raz Nizri tells Knesset panel that while tool shouldn’t be used on civilians, ‘every rule has an exception’; ministers advance law letting revived program go on past Thursday
By
Michael Bachner
September 3, 2021, 5:46 pm
Knesset advances bill to allow quarantine monitoring via app
Authorities will be able to track location, hold video calls with people required to isolate; any who opt out will be subject to other measures, including quarantine hotels
By
ToI Staff
July 25, 2021, 6:56 pm
Government approves electronic tracking of travelers in quarantine
Public Security Ministry aims to use a cellphone app to monitor arrivals who are supposed to be in isolation
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ToI Staff
March 1, 2021, 12:34 pm
High Court limits Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance to those who won’t cooperate
Judges rule mass tracking program can only be used as a ‘complementary tool’ starting March 14; deputy health minister slams ruling as ‘crime against the health of Israelis’
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ToI Staff
September 6, 2020, 9:47 pm
Lawmakers extend Shin Bet phone tracking by 10 days, but voice reservations
Head of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee urges government to consider economic effect of sending hundreds of thousands to quarantine due to controversial program
By
ToI Staff
August 10, 2020, 6:38 am
How techies used Bluetooth’s most annoying trait to build Israel’s new COVID app
A peek under the hood of Israel’s new app, now downloaded by more than a million people, which tracks and traces while keeping the government locked out of our phones
By
Nathan Jeffay
July 26, 2020, 10:15 pm
Shin Bet said to have secretly tracked most Israelis’ phones for over 2.5 years
TV report says security agency got OK from Justice Ministry officials for controversial program, but few in the government were informed; Knesset, phone companies didn’t know
By
ToI Staff
July 8, 2020, 6:17 pm
Shin Bet urges reappraisal of its own controversial cellphone tracking program
Tens of thousands of Israelis have been sent into quarantine in recent days as the internal security service revives its coronavirus contact tracing initiative
By
ToI Staff
June 30, 2020, 8:57 am
Knesset advances bill raising fine for not wearing a face mask
Violators will be forced to pay NIS 500; vote delayed on legislation granting Shin Bet authority to use digital surveillance to contain virus spread
By
Stuart Winer
and
ToI Staff
June 26, 2020, 10:51 am
A ban from public places, or gentle persuasion? The future of virus tracking
Shin Bet is poised to resume tracking for virus fight as a stopgap solution until new voluntary app developed; experts split on how to encourage users to download such a program
By
Nathan Jeffay
June 22, 2020, 9:29 pm
AG to consider probing leaked recordings from cabinet meetings
Mandelblit says he’ll review enraged Netanyahu’s request; latest recording sees Aryeh Deri arguing with the premier over how to handle virus’s resurgence
By
ToI Staff
June 22, 2020, 12:36 pm
Fuming Netanyahu urges probe after leak from coronavirus cabinet meeting
Despite criticism that discussions aren’t open to the public, PM says he won’t allow repeat of leak that showed him pushing renewal of controversial digital tracking program
By
ToI Staff
April 26, 2020, 2:18 pm
Permission for Shin Bet to track virus carriers’ phones to be extended – report
Security agency said allowed to continue program ‘until the end of the crisis’ as government unable to come up with alternative system
By
ToI Staff
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