How do you ensure that someone sick with COVID-19 stays home?
FILE PHOTO: Shadowtrack TechnologiesÕ ShadoWatch, a wrist-worn device intended to keep track of offenders or defendants under house arrest or on pre-trial release, is seen in this handout photo in Covington, Louisiana, U.S., May 6, 2020. Shadowtrack Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
Case in point is Hawaii, which considered the sweeping use of GPS-enabled ankle bracelets or smartphone tracking apps to enforce stay-at-home orders given to arriving air passengers, according to Ronald Kouchi, the president of the Hawaii state senate. Kris Keyton, of Arkansas-based E-Cell, said he had recently been approached by a state agency that wanted to adapt his detainee-tracking smartphone app for quarantine enforcement.
Other governments are weighing similar technology, said Magaletta of Shadowtrack, who said he was in talks with half a dozen countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
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