The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is currently putting a massive strain on the
world's critical infrastructures. With healthcare systems and internet service
providers already struggling to provide reliable service, some operators may,
intentionally or unintentionally, lever out privacy-protecting measures to
increase their system's efficiency in fighting the virus. Moreover, though it
may seem all encouraging to see the effectiveness of authoritarian states in
battling the crisis, we, the authors of this paper, would like to raise the
community's awareness towards developing more effective means in battling the
crisis without the need to limit fundamental human rights. To analyze the
current situation, we are discussing and evaluating the steps corporations and
governments are taking to condemn the virus by applying established privacy
research