The two-year fight against COVID-19 has turned technology into a weapon of choice to defeat the virus, but experts now worry that tech will outlive the pandemic and normalize mass surveillance.
From contact-tracing apps to facial recognition, technology has become part of the arsenal used to protect public health.
While this might have helped save lives, rights advocates say intrusive solutions could already be so entrenched that personal privacy is the long-term price many people may yet pay.