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COVID-19 contact tracing app based on Apple-Google API launches in England and Wales
England and Wales launched a COVID-19 contact tracing app on Thursday, allowing users to trace contacts, check the local level of risk and…
Up to 90% of those who tested ‘positive’ for COVID-19 wrongly diagnosed
The most widely used diagnostic test for the new coronavirus, called a PCR test, provides a simple yes-no answer to the question…
The digital contact tracing charade
Digital contact tracing is turning out to be nothing more than a charade, as we, of course, quite clearly predicted months ago…
UK makes U-turn; to use Apple-Google contract-tracing API
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its COVID-19 contact-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple…
German contact-tracing app launches as EU eyes revival of travel and tourism
The German government pitched the new contact-tracing app, called Corona-Warn-App, to the country on Tuesday. The app, which works on Apple iPhones and…
U.S. Senate to unveil bipartisan bill to regulate contact tracing apps over privacy concerns
The U.S. Senate plans to unveil bipartisan legislation Monday to introduce regulations on COVID-19 contact tracing seeking to ensure users’ privacy …
France’s centralized contact-tracing app approved by lawmakers, to launch this weekend
In France, the government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a weekend launch…
How to opt out of COVID-19 contact tracing in iOS 13.5
Apple in iOS 13.5 is introducing an “exposure notification” (née “contact tracing”) API. In Apple’s iOS 13.5 beta, you can opt out of contact tracing …
EU: Use of COVID-19 contact tracing apps should be voluntary
As countries rush to develop smartphone-based digital contact tracing apps, the European Commission will urge EU governments on Wednesday to use…
Loose European coalition forms on coronavirus contact tracing
A loose European coalition is forming around an approach to using smartphone technology for coronavirus contact tracing. Supporters of the decentralized…
Apple releases iOS 13.5 beta 4 with contact tracing API
Apple today released the fourth betas of upcoming iOS and iPadOS 13.5 updates to developers, one week after seeding the third betas…
UK’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal
The United Kingdom’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal. “Britain is sleepwalking into another coronavirus disaster…
France accuses Apple of undermining the country’s ‘StopCovid’ app
France accused Apple of undermining its effort by refusing to help make its iPhones work with the government’s planned “StopCovid” contact-tracing app …
Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps
Apple and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system on which the two firms
France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge
The government of France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge. France’s state-supported “StopCOVID” app…
Expect Apple to release iOS 13.5 soon
Apple this week released iOS 13.5 beta 3 to developers and public beta users. iOS 13.5 beta includes three major changes, including laying the foundation…
How to opt out of COVID-19 contact tracing in iOS 13.5
Apple in iOS 13.5 is introducing an “exposure notification” (née “contact tracing”) API. In Apple’s iOS 13.5 beta, you can opt out of contact tracing …
Most Americans are not willing or able to use a contact tracing app
Apple and Google have released the first version of their COVID-19 contact tracing API (they’ve rebranded it as “exposure notification”) in a new…
Apple, Google release early COVID-19 contact tracing API to developers
Apple and Google have released the first version of their COVID-19 contact tracing API, which they’ve since rebranded as “exposure notification.” This is a…
Cellebrite pitches governments iPhone spy tools for coronavirus contact tracing
Makers of smartphone hacking tools are pitching, and in some cases already working with, governments on iPhone spy tools for coronavirus contact tracing …
Britain’s NHS rejects Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme
Britain’s NHS has rejected the Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme. The UK’s coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model…
Apple and Google look to rebrand ‘contact tracing’ as ‘exposure notification’
Apple and Google, working together on a COVID-19 contact tracing system are now rebranding their tools as “exposure notification.”
Germany dumps centralized COVID-19 contact tracing plan, backs Apple – Google approach
Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to attempt a COVID-19 contact tracing architecture, ditching…
Privacy: Apple won’t support invasive French, German contact tracing
A standoff over contact tracing privacy between Germany and France, the two largest nations in the European Union, and Silicon Valley escalated…
U.S. Senator demands Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai be personally accountable for coronavirus contact tracing privacy
A U.S. Senator is calling for Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai to be held personally accountable for any contact tracing privacy …
U-turn: French parliament to vote on COVID-19 contact tracing app after all
In a U-turn, the French government has decided after all to allow lawmakers to vote on its plan to launch a COVID-19 contact tracing app, lawmakers and…
France complains Apple’s Bluetooth privacy policy is blocking their COVID-19 contact-tracing plan
The limitation is standing in the way of a government contact-tracing app that France wants to build, Digital Minister Cedric O said…
ACLU has concerns with Apple-Google’s COVID-19 contact-tracing plan
A well-designed, widely-used COVID-19 contact-tracing tool could offer public health benefit, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says, but…
UK’s NHS in standoff with Apple and Google over coronavirus tracing
The NHS is in a standoff with Apple and Google after the two tech firms refused to support the UK’s plans to build an app that alerts users when they…
EU welcomes Apple-Google contact-tracing tech
Technologists focusing on contact-tracing as they race to try to use Bluetooth short-range communications between devices as a proxy for measuring the risk…
Apple, Google address questions about COVID-19 contact-tracing system
Apple and Google addressed questions about their upcoming COVID-19 smartphone contact-tracing solution on Monday, providing details…
President Trump: Some have ‘very big constitutional problems’ with Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing tech
Last week, Apple and Google jointly announced a partnership to create a COVID-19 contact-tracing system that works with both iOS and Android…
What’s wrong with the Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing scheme
There have recently been several proposals for pseudonymous COVID-19 contact tracing, including from Apple and Google. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS)…
UK NHS working with Apple-Google on COVID-19 contract tracing app
In the UK, senior sources say NHSX, the NHS’ technology arm, has been working at “breakneck speed” on a COVID-19 contract tracing app with Google and Apple…
Apple, Google race to bring COVID-19 contact tracing to 3 billion people
Apple and Google today revealed a rare partnership to add technology to iPhones and their derivatives that will alert users if they have come into…
Apple and Google team on cross-platform COVID-19 contact tracing tool
Engineers at Apple and Google have teamed up to create a decentralized COVID-19 contact tracing tool that will help individuals determine whether…
