Apple and Google confirm contact tracing update will work on devices running iOS 13 or Android 6+ via Google Play and say only health authorities can access API
Last week, Apple and Google announced a partnership that will soon let users opt-in to a decentralized tracing tool …
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@davidbcollum
Dave Collum
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Apple and Google pairing up to fight the virus. I keep trying to think of a name for the app. Best I have so far is Goostapple. (Maybe Goostapllo?) If you download this to your phone, I personally think you are an idiot. I could be wrong of course. https://twitter.com/...
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@jenn_elias
@jenn_elias
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Google + Apple representatives gave a bit more clarification today on their contract tracing partnership, including a rough timeline of when to expect API rollout. It'll be released in 2 phases—the first coming in a mid-May software update. w/@kifleswing https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@joannastern
Joanna Stern
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Surprised Apple won't go back to at least iOS 12 devices on this. If only for the many who still have iPhone 6es. https://twitter.com/...
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@winphankyle
Kyle Reddoch
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Keeping it to only iOS 13 will keep a lot of devices out in the dark. We don't need that right now. Not good IMO. https://twitter.com/...
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@themarkup
@themarkup
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New: Apple and Google are building a system to let you use your phone to alert people who were recently near you that you have been diagnosed with COVID-19. In our latest Ask The Markup, @JuliaAngwin breaks down the privacy pros and cons of the plan. https://themarkup.org/...
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@jamescrabtree
James Crabtree
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This is persuasive on the limitations of contact tracing apps - not least the bit on whether people will actually trust the information the app provides, especially if it involves another 14 days at home https://twitter.com/...
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@shashj
Shashank Joshi
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Contact-tracing apps: “The performance art people will tie a phone to a dog and let it run around the park; the Russians will use the app to run service-denial attacks .... little Johnny will self-report symptoms to get the whole school sent home.” https://www.lightbluetouchpaper…
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@shashj
Shashank Joshi
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“Bluetooth also goes through plasterboard ... The bluetooth app will flag up not just the others in the room but people in the next room too.” https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ ...
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@shashj
Shashank Joshi
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“If the app's voluntary, nobody has an incentive to use it, except tinkerers and people who religiously comply with whatever the government asks. If uptake remains at 10-15% as in Singapore, it won't be much use and we'll need to hire more contact tracers” https://www.lightblueto…
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@fukami
@fukami
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Great piece by @rossjanderson about tracing apps and what's likely to work and what not “We must call out bullshit when we see it, and must not give policymakers the false hope that techno-magic might let them avoid the hard decisions” https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ ...
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@raistolo
Stefano Zanero
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Unsurprisingly, @rossjanderson hits a lot of things I also worry about in this blog post. The only thing I marginally disagree with him on is that we do not need CT for the current epidemic wave. True, but we will need it in a short while. https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ .…
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@jatorre
Javier de la Torre
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I am getting scared of all these cryptographers now saving the world with contact tracing without privacy issues... This is going to delay solutions a lot by adding noise to decision makers. This blog post summarizes it great https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ ...
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@alexstamos
Alex Stamos
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Combined with the fact that we are approaching 30 days with most corporate laptops not talking to a domain controller (or on-prem config management), this will be a fun couple of months for malware.
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@johnwilson
John S. Wilson
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The premises in this are flawed. I think many people will use the Apple/Google contact tracing app bc they want to know if they've come in contact with someone who has tested positive. Also this isn't about a perfect solution—none exists. This is about an arsenal that can help. h…
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@chaosupdates
@chaosupdates
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Ross Anderson crystal-clear on intrusive systems like Contact Tracing Apps: What we need is a radical redistribution of resources from the surveillance-industrial complex to public health https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ ... #Covid19
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@einsteinsattic
Phil Booth
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Seriously folks, if you've not read @rossjanderson's piece yet, pour yourself a stiff drink and do so: https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ ... In these times more than ever, we need his #calm, #considered & well-#informed #clarity.
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@tobywalsh
Toby Walsh
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We must call out bullshit when we see it, and must not give policymakers the false hope that techno-magic might let them avoid the hard decisions https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ ...
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@benadida
Ben Adida
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1/ Last night, I spent some quality time with the Apple docs on the new contact tracing protocol and APIs they and Google are preparing. I'm quite optimistic about this effort. Here's why.
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@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
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By contrast, Stanford's Covid-Watch Bluetooth contact-tracing proposal would require patients to enter a confirmation code from healthcare providers if they choose to tell the app they've tested COVID-positive, designed to avoid false positives/abuse. https://twitter.com/...
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@marleenstikker
@marleenstikker
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Some very critical remarks by the product lead of TraceTogether, the application that is the basis for many contact tracing ambition :'Automated contact tracing is not a coronavirus panacea' https://blog.gds-gov.tech/...
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@carolineha_
Caroline Haskins
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“The Guardian was able to see confidential documents used by Palantir, Faculty and NHSX officials to plan, develop and execute the Covid-19 datastore... accessible via an unrestricted portal.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@accessnow
@accessnow
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Tech companies are using large amounts of confidential UK patient information in a data-mining operation that is part of the gov's response to the #COVID19 crisis One of the firms, Palantir, is known to have built tech that enabled #HumanRights abuses https://www.theguardian.com/…
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@ehrc
@ehrc
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“We support the use of technology to save lives during the pandemic. At the same time it must have the appropriate safeguards in place to protect people's privacy and data.” We are ready to advise the NHS on its new Covid-19 contact tracing app. More: http://socsi.in/VrLA2 https:…
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@koryodynasty
Raphael Rashid
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Contact tracing & related websites were deployed months ago in S. Korea when cases were still only a handful. Now that over 10,000 people have died in the UK, it “confirms plans for an app”. Asia was giving everything on a plate well in advance. https://www.bbc.com/...
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@shortstein
Thomas Steinke
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Bluetooth LE has a range of up to 100m/300ft. So bluetooth-based COVID-19 contact tracing will collect excessive contacts. False positives will lead to alarm fatigue. 🚨😴 The obvious solution is to record signal strength, but the @Apple/@Google API does not provide this info. http…