covidsafe
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Australian Government Says Your COVIDSafe App Data Is Protected But US Laws Put That Into Question
Australia’s COVIDSafe app has been out for three weeks now but despite the government’s draft legislation stating the data cannot be accessed outside of coronavirus tracing purposes, some of its vague wording is causing legal experts concern over potential misuse.
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Contact Tracing Apps Are Vital To Fighting Coronavirus, But Who Decides How They Work?
Last week the head of Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency, Randall Brugeaud, told a Senate committee hearing an updated version of Australia’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app would soon be released. That’s because the current version doesn’t work properly on Apple phones, which restrict background broadcasting of the Bluetooth signals used to tell when phones have been in…
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COVIDSafe Still Has Bugs, According To Experts
There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the government’s coronavirus tracing app, COVIDSafe, but at the forefront has been issues of privacy and its ability to work properly on devices. With the federal government tying the easing of social restrictions to app downloads, developers have reverse engineered the app to find out what’s actually…
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The COVIDSafe App Was Just One Contact Tracing Option — These Alternatives Guarantee More Privacy
Since its release on Sunday, experts and members of the public alike have raised privacy concerns with the federal government’s COVIDSafe mobile app.