Duh: Contact-tracing apps have a trust problem
Experts believe that at least half the population needs to use contact-tracing apps for them to work. The challenge will…
Search Results for: tracing app
Apple and Google installing contact tracing feature on all phones over next few weeks
Apple and Google, which built APIs for apps to use to do contact tracing have switched plans – rather than…
Utah mostly abandons its contact tracing smart phone app
The GPS-based contact tracking system was hardly used; the app will continue to have a Bluetooth “close encounter” detector but…
More details on Google’s forced install of Covid-tracking app on phones in Massachusetts
Massachusetts launched a COVID tracking app, and uh, it was automatically installed?! Source: Even creepier COVID tracking: Google silently pushed…
Testing, contact tracing, and why neither may have been very useful
But some of the most vocal testing proponents are less worried about the declines in screening. From a public health…
Privacy: Over half of Covid-19 smart phone tracking apps do track your actual location, and 1/3d even access your photos
An analysis of nearly 500 Covid-related apps worldwide shows major differences in how much data they expect you to give…