Upon clearing immigration, travelers over 12 years old will be given the devices and are required to activate them once they arrive at their quarantine location.
Since March 21, 2020, incoming travelers to Singapore have been asked to quarantine for 14 days. Those who quarantine at home have been monitored via text messages, phone calls, video calls, and house visits.
According to the government, no voice or video is being recorded and your location is kept private. The official announcement says, “The devices do not store any personal data and do not have any voice/video recording function. Data transmitted from the devices to the authorities’ backend system, such as the GPS and 4G/Bluetooth signal data, is protected by end-to-end certificate-based encryption.”
Singapore’s system is similar to procedures already in place in Hong Kong and South Korea, where travelers are also required to wear tracking devices upon arrival. 