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New tool spots to identify security and privacy issues with COVID-19 tracing apps
A team of researchers has developed a tool to identify security and privacy risks associated with C…
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We got an early look at the UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app — here's how it works
When you download the app, it will generate a random ID on a daily basis, which will ping out via B…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Shona G…
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The UK accidentally left secret plans for its COVID-19 contact-tracing app on an open Google Drive
Future versions of the app might ask for more data, track geolocation, and allow people to set a "C…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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UK plans new app for COVID-19 contact tracing
"If you become unwell with the symptoms of coronavirus, you can securely tell this new NHS app and …
PTI
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The first app using Apple and Google's COVID-19 contact tracing tech in the US is about to launch
The technology uses Bluetooth on iPhones and Androids to warn people if they've come in contact wit…
Aaron Holmes
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The next iPhone update will let you see COVID-19 exposure notifications without downloading any contact-tracing apps
Apple's contact tracing tech uses Bluetooth to notify people when they come into contact with someo…
Aaron Holmes
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Big tech's contact tracing apps won't be a silver bullet to stop COVID-19 — we need more human tracers making actual phone calls
Contact tracing apps won't work unless almost everyone is using them. Early signs show that's unlik…
Aaron Holmes
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Ireland releases Covid tracing app based on Apple-Google API
Dublin, July 7 (IANS) Ireland has released a Covid-19 contact tracing app which is based the Exposu…
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Contact tracing apps may not contain COVID-19 spread, says researchers
Researchers have claimed that contract tracing apps being used to reduce the spread of Covid-19 are…
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Singapore will give residents wearable 'tokens' that track the people they interact with in a new effort to contain COVID-19
Singapore's contact tracing app drew praise for its early rollout in March, but it wasn't able to p…
Aaron Holmes
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Apple and Google's ambitious COVID-19 contact-tracing tech can help contain the pandemic if used widely. But so far only 3 states have agreed — and none has started to use it.
Adoption of Apple and Google's contact-tracing smartphone technology is still incredibly low, and m…
Aaron Holmes,Hugh Langley
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Novel Bluetooth contact tracing app for COVID-19 protects privacy
The researchers explained as the different identities in the system receive the minimum amount of …
PTI
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UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app to be ready in 2-3 weeks
"This anonymous log of how close you are to others will be stored securely on your phone. If you b…
PTI
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England and Wales will finally get a coronavirus tracing app on September 24, after months of delay
The UK's journey to release a contact tracing app, which was originally promised to come out in May…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Iceland had the most-downloaded contact-tracing app for its population size. Authorities there say it hasn't made much difference.
Iceland launched its app in early April, a little over a month after the first confirmed case of CO…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A city in India is ordering all of its residents to download the government's controversial COVID-19 contact tracing app or face jail time
Those who refuse to download the state-made app face up to six months in jail. Less than half of In…
Connor Perrett
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The UK scrambles to launch its COVID-19 contact-tracing app, after getting derailed by Apple and Google
The UK wants to roll out a contact-tracing app that clashes with Apple and Google's privacy require…
Shona Ghosh
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Google is facing a lawsuit after a privacy flaw in its contact tracing tech exposed Android users' data to third-party apps
The lawsuit alleges that Google exposed participants' private personal and medical information when…
Katie Canales
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Contact tracing won't curb the spread of coronavirus if testing is slow, say researchers
If Covid-19 testing is delayed by three days or more after a person develops symptoms, even the …