Snitching? There’s an app for that.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio recently took to the airwaves to announce that responsible citizens could turn state’s witness in reporting crimes against public health: “When you see a crowd, when you see a line that’s not distanced, when you see a supermarket that’s too crowded — anything — you can report it right away, so we can get help there to fix the situation. And now, it’s as simple as taking a photo. All you’ve got to do is take the photo, put the location with it, and bang. Send a photo like this, and we will make sure that enforcement comes right away.” (Far from cutting off infection chains, this narcing might even be a way to spread the disease. The New York City Police Department had a recorded rate of infection nearly 7 times the average of the population at large as of a week into April, with numbers trending up.)