Discussion

• @selenalarson Selena on x

  So this is awesome. @techreview put together a “Covid Tracing Tracker” to identify contact tracing apps, how they work, and privacy/security policies in place. https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @mattgarrahan Matthew Garrahan on x

  The development of the UK's much heralded contact tracing app is going so badly work has quietly begun on a second one. The first one didn't work well with iPhones which, er, is a fairly crucial requirement https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @guitarmoog Steve Bullock on x

  Cool, it over a decade for my dad to finally admit Betamax had been the wrong decision.* This is progress. https://twitter.com/...

• @lloyd_rm @lloyd_rm on x

  The gov app will not work cross boarder (NI-Ireland), will kill your battery, will have had to been voluntary downloaded, wont work fully on iPhone and will leak your data. The apple-google app would will be more secure, faster, and automatic https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @holland_tom Tom Holland on x

  Bearing in mind how brilliant the Government has always been at running large IT projects, it was wholly unforseeable that they would turn out not to be as good at making apps as Google or Apple. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @poettaxidriver @poettaxidriver on x

  Why have just one tracing app when for twice as much money you can have two? https://twitter.com/...

• @antoniocasilli Casilli on x

  Contact tracing app #fail in UK: government now develops two apps, to have a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea. https://twitter.com/...

• @benadida Ben Adida on x

  Soon, only France will be left pushing back against the Google+Apple exposure notification model. https://twitter.com/...

• @tim Tim Bradshaw on x

  Matthew Gould, head of NHSX, gave the go-ahead on the decentralised app this week, just as the centralised app was being unveiled on Isle of Wight. No final decision has been made on which will be launched to the general public but this is more than just a feasibility test.

• @financialtimes @financialtimes on x

  The NHS has already begun building a second coronavirus contact-tracing app, which will use technology provided by Google and Apple, following criticism of the first app it launched this week on the Isle of Wight https://www.ft.com/...

• @fabiochiusi Fabio Chiusi on x

  “The second NHS app will use technology provided by Google and Apple and is being developed “in parallel”, in case politicians decide to make a switch” https://www.ft.com/...

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  We were always going to need thousands of people for this. Apple/Google exposure notification is meant to augment what human beings can do, not replace it. https://twitter.com/...

• @willknight Will Knight on x

  The backlash against big tech means most US States remain skeptical of smartphone contact tracing schemes, for now. By @fvogelstein and me. https://www.wired.com/...

• @kellymnyc Kelly McKinney on x

  “Contact tracing works by building a human bond between 2 people” the patient and the contact tracer says Tom Frieden “It means actually talking to someone and answering their questions, addressing their concerns and earning, and maintaining, their trust” https://www.wired.com/..…

• @nxthompson @nxthompson on x

  “So far at least, the pandemic response to contact tracing has become a bitter lesson in everything technology can't do.” https://www.wired.com/...

• @evanselinger Evan Selinger on x

  The myth of automation has largely been that technology is destined to replace human labor in most traditional tasks b/c context & culture be damned, it can get better results faster & cheaper. Contact tracing is a myth-busting case study. ht @BrendaKLeong https://www.wired.com/.…

• @wiredscience @wiredscience on x

  So far at least, the pandemic response has become a bitter lesson in everything technology can't do and an example of Silicon Valley's legendary myopia. https://www.wired.com/...

• @tsimonite Tom Simonite on x

  “The pandemic has become a bitter lesson in everything technology can't do...states like NY, CA, MA...have looked carefully at cutting-edge contact-tracing solutions and largely said, ‘No thanks,’ or ‘Not now.’” https://www.wired.com/...

• @binarybits Timothy B. Lee on x

  There's a striking difference in worldview between economists and epidemiologist that has become evident as I've dug into discussions of contact tracing. Economists like @Noahpinion think that it's urgent for states to scale up their contact-tracing infrastructure.

• @scottthurm Scott Thurm on x

  Giants incl Apple and Google, and small startups, are offering tech to help trace the contacts of infected people. Public health officials are largely spurning the offers https://www.wired.com/... via @fvogelstein @willknight

• @doctorow @doctorow on x

  As it turns out, I'm not the only person who's ambivalent about exposure notification apps. Public health officials are also not that big on them. https://www.wired.com/... 7/

• @capucine_cousin Capucine Cousin on x

  Health Officials Say ‘No Thanks’ to Contact-Tracing Tech - Silicon Valley companies have proposed automating the arduous task of identifying people potentially exposed to Covid-19. https://www.wired.com/...

• @hypervisible @hypervisible on x

  “Those of us who have worked in public health for decades kind of cringe when we hear ‘Oh it will be easy. Anyone can do it’” https://www.wired.com/...