exposure notification
California’s CA Notify app to offer statewide exposure notification using Apple and Google’s framework
The state of California has now expanded access of its CA Notify app to all in the state, after originally deploying the app in a pilot program at UC Berkeley…
Australia’s spy agencies caught collecting COVID-19 app data
Australia’s intelligence agencies have been caught “incidentally” collecting data from the country’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app during the first six months of its launch, a government watchdog has found. The report,…
Apple launches COVID-19 ‘Exposure Notification Express’ with iOS 13.7 — Android to follow later this month
Apple and Google are continuing to make good on their planned roll-out of exposure notification technology for helping with COVID-19 contact-tracing efforts. The two partners are introducing new tools that…
Bluetooth SIG works to include wearables in COVID-19 exposure notification systems
Current smartphone-based exposure notification systems (ENS) like the one created jointly by Apple and Google are a clever way of leveraging modern technology to support comprehensive contact-tracing efforts by health…
With the launch of Android 11 getting closer, Google today launched the third and final beta of its mobile operating system ahead of its general availability. Google had previously delayed…
UK reported to be ditching coronavirus contacts tracing in favor of ‘risk rating’ app
What’s going on with the U.K.’s coronavirus contacts-tracing app? Reports in the national press today suggest a launch of the much-delayed software will happen this month but also that the…
First US apps based on Google and Apple Exposure Notification System expected in ‘coming weeks’
Google Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke provided an update about the Exposure Notifications System (ENS) that Google developed in partnership with Apple as a way to help public health…
Twitter says some business users had their private data exposed
Flip the “days since the last Twitter security incident” back to zero. Twitter said Tuesday that it has emailed its business customers, such as those who advertise on the site,…
Demonstrating 15 contact tracing and other tools built to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
With the goal of helping the public, and state and local governments, better understand the privacy and security features of leading applications, we’re sharing the information and demos we gathered…
