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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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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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What to do if you're exposed to COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated, according to experts
Some public health experts say you should only get tested if you're symptomatic, but others suggest…
Andrea Michelson
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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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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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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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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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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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There's a gaping flaw with the UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app — many security experts seem unsure that it will actually work
The NHS has released some details on how the app will work, but some questions around how it will u…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Shona G…
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The UK will trial its controversial contact-tracing app today on an island of 141,000 people — and it wants more than 50% to download it
Experts say 56% of the UK population — meaning 80% of smartphone users — will have to use the app f…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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South Korea is relying on technology to contain COVID-19, including measures that would break privacy laws in the US — and so far, it's working
The success of Asia's fourth-largest economy could serve as a lesson to other countries, like the U…
Aaron Holmes
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Nonprofits, truck drivers, food banks, and others are turning to a little-known Google Maps feature to navigate life amid the coronavirus pandemic
A Google spokesperson told Business Insider that My Maps has seen a surge in users over the past fo…
Mary Meisenzahl
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170 cybersecurity experts warn that British government's contact tracing app database could be used to surveil people even after coronavirus has gone
Experts warn the app's data processing could create a database that could then be used to de-anonym…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A contact tracing app could help stop the spread of COVID-19 only if billions of people use it — here's a 3-step plan for how to make that happen
Contact tracing apps are meant to notify people when someone they were in close quarters with is di…
Daniel Schreiber
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The UK won't use Apple and Google's coronavirus contact-tracing technology for its app, sparking privacy worries about how people's data will be used
The UK system is inherently less privacy-friendly, one expert said.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
1 min read
Governments have to decide whether to scrap their own COVID-19 contact tracing apps in favor of tech built by Apple and Google. Here's what's at stake.
But multiple countries and at least three US states were already building their own contact tracing…
Aaron Holmes
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Apple is locked in a power battle with the UK, France, and Germany about how COVID-19 should be tracked
This is what it looks like when tech giants are as powerful as states.
Shona Ghosh
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IBM is testing an opt-in mobile app to track the location of its employees in India to help curb the spread of COVID-19
IBM's tool will notify employees who came near a coworker reporting symptoms and will only store da…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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How location data can help track and stop the spread of COVID-19
When it comes to stopping a second wave of COVID-19 cases, contact tracing might be the key. Here's…