Australia’s smart phone contact tracing app found 17 potential “cases”
The Australian government says its COVIDSafe app identified 2,827 potential close contacts from 37,668 encounters in NSW and Victoria. Only…
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A year ago, I said smart phone tracing apps had numerous problems and were not suited for contact detection … then this happened
Last week, the UK contact dection phone system “pinged” one half million residents who were then forced into isolation for…
The end of smart phone based contact tracing apps
As explained in detail several times last year, smart phone-based, Bluetooth-based contact tracing apps were never likely to be useful.…
Boondoggle: Oregon’s smart phone contact tracing app failure
Smart phone contact tracing apps are a technology whose time never arrived: Months after agency officials said they were actively…
One year later: Smart phone, Bluetooth-based contact tracing apps remain AWOL
One year ago, the tech sector jumped in with a plan to develop smart phone based contact detection apps. These…
Smart phone contact tracing apps mostly ignored, unused
In reality, adoption of contract tracing apps by citizens was largely sporadic and unenthusiastic. A trio of researchers in Australia…