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Chinese citys health-tracking surveillance tech set to outlast the pandemic

Hangzhou plans to flip its contact-tracing app into an everlasting well being tracker, deepening fears that COVID-19 surveillance tech will outlast the pandemic
Hangzhou plans to turn its contact-tracing app into a permanent health tracker, deepening fears that COVID-19 surveillance tech will outlast the pandemic

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