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'LeaveHomeSafe

LeaveHomeSafe is a mobile application for notification of the risk of COVID-19 infection launched by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on November 16, 2020. The program can be downloaded for free, allowing users to record their whereabouts. Although the program does not need to turn on the GPS positioning function, the user must authorize LeaveHomeSafe to use its mobile phone’s communication network, camera lens, notification function, and prevent the mobile phone from going to sleep. It also captures other applications running on the mobile phone, and the personal data collection statement of LeavehomeSafe stated that the mobile application will upload mobile phone data to the Department of Health, and the relevant records can be retained for seven years, and can be forwarded to law enforcement agencies or government-authorized agencies.

History

On November 24, 2020, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a press conference that citizens will be encouraged to use it voluntarily, but it is not ruled out that citizens will be required to enter and exit designated premises (including restaurants, etc.). They must use the Leavehomesafe mobile app.

On November 25, 2020, the Hong Kong government stated that more than 12,000 public and private venues have been included in the list, including shopping malls, theaters, government agencies, parks and restaurants, among which more than 1,000 restaurants of various types have participated.The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer announced that as of February 17, 2021, Anxin Travel had more than 1 million downloads.

Starting from January 28, 2021, the government stipulates that citizens entering government buildings or offices must scan the QR code on their mobile phones with the LeaveHomeSafe program before they can enter.

On February 2, the Chinese Temples Committee stated that it is necessary to scan the QR code of LeaveHomeSafe to enter the Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin. The Wong Tai Sin Temple requires that from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the 15th of the first lunar month, believers who enter the temple must scan the LeaveHomeSafe QR code before they can get an "Entry Permit.

On February 10, 2021, the government announced that starting from March 1, government employees and citizens must scan the QR code to record the name, contact number, and date and time of the visit when entering all government premises. On the 18th of the same month, the government required restaurants and other designated premises to force customers to use LeaveHomeSafe to record the whereabouts of citizens, otherwise they will be fined for 3 to 14 days.

On February 22, the number of downloads of LeaveHomeSafe exceeded 2.69 million. In addition to topping the download list in Hong Kong. However, in the App Store for Apple mobile phones, LeaveHomeSafe is only downloaded by registered users in 45 countries, and only Hong Kong and Macau rank first in downloads. Some netizens said that no one around them used LeaveHomeSafe, but the number of downloads increased sharply. In addition, there were comments that were not related to LeaveHomeSafe, such as game micro-transaction advertisements.Therefore there's doubt that through the service company, the application finds people to download a large number of relevant programs and give them five-star praise, so as to raise the download ranking list of LeaveHomeSafe. Compared with Google Play, because the App Store has stricter controls on the "Ranking list", So it is more difficult to brush high downloads. The government Facebook page "Tamar Terrace" stated that the program can be used by people who live in Hong Kong or travel on business or travel. The government did not commission any person or organization to purchase any online advertisements, but it did not answer the number of repeated downloads of LeaveHomeSafe.

Dispute

When LeaveHomeSafe was launched, it was questioned for requesting too many permissions, including "read USB content" and "check Wi-Fi connection." Afterwards, t LeaveHomeSafe was updated, and the required permissions were reduced from 15 to 7. However, according to the version 1.1.4 of the application, the permission of the application still includes the retrieval of the running application. According to the program development forum, this is a tool that can help hackers invade. While the travel records that LeaveHomeSafe uploads to government will be kept for 7 years, the records in the app will only be kept for 31 days. Su Junwen, a member and barrister of Law and Political Science, thinks that it is unacceptable and dangerous for the government to force citizens to use programs. It is believed that it will set a bad precedent, and people think that the government is invading personal privacy on the grounds of fighting the epidemic. Some restaurants indicated that they would rather only do takeaways than having customers scan the QR code at the restaurant. They were worried about whether they could protect their privacy. Some hot pot restaurants pointed out that the related arrangements would not help the business too much. Some restaurants even post a QR code that mimics LeaveHomeSafe, but after scanning it with a mobile phone, it will link to an unrelated website.

In February 2021, the staff front of the Hospital Authority questioned that LeaveHomeSafe is for monitoring the public, not for epidemic prevention. Subsequently, the Innovation and Technology Bureau and the Hospital Authority issued articles to refute the allegations. Nie Dequan, the director of the Civil Service Bureau, said that the LeaveHomeSafe program has no tracking function and will not reveal privacy. The staff front of the Hospital Authority issued a statement in response, saying that the Innovation and Technology Bureau misled the public and made it difficult for the public to feel at ease. It also criticized the government's poor performance in epidemic prevention. If it continues to ignore public opinion, it will only further deepen public grievances. The organization stated that in the next week it will continue to appeal to citizens in different areas to boycott LeaveHomeSafe.