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With issues on data privacy, the Philippines' contact tracing system exhibits red flags for Filipinos' digital rights. But there's another danger: that contact tracing data could be used to reach voters in the 2022 national elections.

Do contact tracing apps help reduce the spread of COVID-19? As their usage has become ubiquitous, there is a trend towards more features that are not related to or necessary for contact tracing being introduced in these apps, such as vaccine certification and third-party integrations with commercial services without due regard to privacy, security, and accessibility.