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She wanted a sub, not Facebook, Instagram and SMS come-ons from the guy who served her and intercepted her contact-tracing details. Continue reading Woman stalked by sandwich server via her COVID-19 contact tracing info
Future features include plenty of self-reporting options, and officials’ fears the data could be misused. Continue reading Leaked NHS Docs Reveal Roadmap, Concerns Around Contact-Tracing App
The vulnerability is one of 39 affecting various aspects of the mobile OS that the company fixed in a security update this week. Continue reading Google Android RCE Bug Allows Attacker Full Device Access
In episode 119 for May 4th 2020: The use of thermal cameras and other technology to monitor the workplace for COVID-19, more details about Apple and Google’s contact tracing framework, and are virtual security conferences the new normal? ** Show … Continue reading Workplace Surveillance, Apple and Google Contact Tracing Tech, Virtual Cybersecurity Conferences
Malicious actors could potentially harvest data over the air and use it to shake confidence in the public-health system, EFF says. Continue reading EFF: Google, Apple’s Contact-Tracing System Open to Cyberattacks
UK’s National Health Service is not going to use Apple and Google’s contact tracing API for COVID-19, and it’s building its own, centralized alternative instead.
The post UK’s NHS to Launch Own COVID-19 Contact Tracing App appeared first on Thur… Continue reading UK’s NHS to Launch Own COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
Germany’s ditched a homegrown alternative that featured a centralized database of location data, raising privacy concerns. Continue reading Coronavirus tracking tool from Apple and Google embraced by Germany
Gosh, what a shame: it turns out that perhaps 2 billion phones won’t be capable of COVID-19 contact-tracing using the API that Google and Apple are jointly developing. The problem is that the scheme the two tech giants have concocted, which Elliot Williams expertly dissected recently, is based on Bluetooth …read more
Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys pan for gold in a week packed with technological treasure. The big news is Apple/Google are working on contact tracing using BTLE. From adoption, to privacy, to efficacy, there’s a lot to unpack here and many of the details have yet to take …read more
Continue reading Hackaday Podcast 064: The COBOL Cabal, the Demoscene Bytes, and the BTLE Cure
In episode 99 of our April monthly show: Apple and Google’s controversial efforts to create contact tracing technology, fighting COVID-19 criminal activity, and what the new normal means for startup companies. ** Show notes and links mentioned on… Continue reading Contact Tracing Controversy, Fighting COVID-19 Criminal Activity