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As Apple and Google begin to roll out their contact tracing tech, a new bill could enforce strict rules to protect user data
A new bill is being drawn up to create rules over how users' private information is managed in cont…
Hugh Langley
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Utah reportedly spent nearly $3 million on a contact tracing app that less than 2% of the state's population has downloaded
Utah's struggles to get people to use the app show how difficult it will be to rely on the technolo…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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The UK is paying contact tracers $12 an hour to do nothing because of chaotic training and problems as banal as not being able to log in
Contact tracers in training in the UK with contractor Sitel have described confused training sessio…
Mia Jankowicz
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France attacked Apple for not helping to build its contact-tracing app
France opted not to use Apple and Google's specialized contact-tracing API, preferring to build an …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The UK will use Apple and Google's technology for its contact-tracing app after months of floundering
The UK has finally abandoned its own contact-tracing app approach.
Shona Ghosh,Isobel Asher Hami…
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Ireland's contact-tracing app has done so well that US states want to use it
NearForm, the company which built Ireland's contact tracing app, has donated its code to an open-so…
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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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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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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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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Documents show the UK may re-engineer its contact-tracing app to work with Google and Apple's technology
The UK previously said it would not use the specially-released Apple-Google API as it would mean pr…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Researchers found North Dakota's contact-tracing app covertly sending location and advertising data to third parties
The app's maker admitted to sending data from iPhones to Foursquare, but said it wasn't being used …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Cybersecurity experts found seven flaws in the UK's contact-tracing app
The app is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight before being rolled out to the rest of the…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Apple and Google are facing pressure from New York's Attorney General to impose stricter privacy rules on contact tracing apps that are currently flooding their app stores
New York's Attorney General has asked Apple and Google to impose stricter rules on how third-party …
Hugh Langley
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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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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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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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The UK is reportedly now building a second contact-tracing app to work with Apple and Google's framework
The UK was one of the few countries to initially reject Apple and Google's API, but it looks like t…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Singapore said its contact tracing app would only be used to fight the coronavirus, but now police are accessing its data for criminal investigations
According to the update, app data "may be used in circumstances where citizen safety and security i…