26 December 2020
- RSIS
- Media Mentions
- Coronavirus: How Did Singapore Get Residents to Stop Worrying and Trust Its TraceTogether Covid-19 App?
Coronavirus: How Did Singapore Get Residents to Stop Worrying and Trust Its TraceTogether Covid-19 App?
Analysts say the 5.7 million who have now signed up to the TraceTogether app were prompted by the government’s strong messaging. Ms Teo Yi-Ling, a Senior Fellow at the RSIS‘ Centre of Excellence for National Security, suggested that trust was at the heart of the issue, adding that she felt there was significant concern among the population about privacy, mostly stemming from past data breaches of government databases. “The regular Singaporean may trust the government in other aspects of running the country, but because of these breaches, the jury may be out as regards trust in the government’s ability to secure data,” she said.
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