I am currently in a hotel Quarantine in Taiwan so I'd share my experience. The airport offers 15-day SIMs so that this "repressive regime" sees that you stay in your quarantine location *for 15 days*. The location data shouldn't reveal any more information than what you reported. https://twitter.com/katebevan/status/1321726445664800768

I value data privacy & I am aware of the policy. But if I am being tracked for 15 days in exchange for a COVID-free society that I get to enjoy later, I am quite okay with the government having my very interesting location data (the hotel I'm staying in) & erasing it afterwards.

Some want to believe that Asian countries like Taiwan succeeded because of the "obedient culture" or "repressive regime"- it sure feels like orientalism at play. I was in Australia before & there were far more restrictions there. No one talks about how it's a "repressive regime".

Also, in Germany, all customers need to put down their names, phone number & address whenever they sit down in a restaurant, bars or café. I would feel violated with all these random venues having access to my information. Yet Taiwan is one conducting "intrusive data tracking".