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 somefool   ( @somefool@beehaw.org )  to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago

COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics

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COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics

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 somefool   ( @somefool@beehaw.org )  to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago
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For all the controversy over decentralized contact-tracing apps, data show that these privacy-preserving tools saved thousands of lives during the pandemic. National and international authorities must invest in the technology now.
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    Do you have a link talking about that? I didn’t hear about it. If you use the iPhone or Android built in solutions it wasn’t possible to track users with them. Was it other apps that were giving your data away?

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      Australia. It was not the built in solution, but a government made one (SafeWA)

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        wow. what a farce. absolutely ridiculous. this is why people don’t trust governments.

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      The article mentions a centralized system in Singapore, TraceTogether: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55541001

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