Update:

I appreciate everyone’s sense of humor. Privacy is an illusion-check. Everything changes daily, so don’t stress about it-check. เข้าใจแล้วครับ

In response to a couple of comments:

-If it’s only for tourists that seems ineffective and arbitrary. If it were for everyone my privacy concerns would be mitigated.

-I’m going primarily to teach English, but the referal agency I got my TEFL certificate through has basically suggested I wait or choose somewhere else. So... feels like maybe I should put a pin in it for 12 months and check back. Lol

Original post:

Anyone heard about this? If it were really about covid why is it only tourists? I promise I’m not a conspiracy theorist but more concerned about privacy... thoughts?