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[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

Taiwan is using a mobile phone-based “electronic fence” to keep people in their homes during quarantine, according to Reuters. The system alerts police and local officials within 15 minutes when people in quarantine move away from their home base or turn their phones off. Officials call people twice a day to ensure they haven’t left home without their phones.

I've seriously been considering ditching my smart phone, and if a policy like this comes to the US I most certainly will