Health officials think Apple and Google virus-tracking apps will be useless
Apple and Google’s last month announced of a joint effort to track the coronavirus. But as the tech giants have […]
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Big privacy and data security concerns as India forces coronavirus tracing app on millions
Privacy and legal experts raise red flags as many are forced to download an app one politician calls a “sophisticated […]
Questions remain over whether data collected by Covidsafe app could be accessed by US law enforcement
The federal government has reassured the public that Covidsafe data held by Amazon will not be able to be accessed […]
Multi-part Android spyware lurked on Google Play Store for 4 years, posing as a bunch of legit-looking apps
A newly uncovered strain of Android spyware lurked on the Google Play Store disguised as cryptocurrency wallet Coinbase, among other […]
NHS contact-tracing app must not be released to public without privacy protections, MPs say
The NHS contact-tracing app must not be released in its current form without increased privacy and data protections, a parliamentary […]
UK racing to improve contact-tracing app’s privacy safeguards
NHS officials are racing to introduce greater privacy safeguards for the contact-tracing app at the centre of the government’s lockdown […]
‘No data, security breach’: Aarogya Setu says after hacker claims ‘privacy of 90 million Indians at stake’
Aarogya Setu was alerted “by an ethical hacker of a potential security issue in the app”, which they discussed with […]
Notorious Spyware Vendor Pushes COVID-19 Tracking Solution
A notorious spyware firm currently defending in a lawsuit on spying on WhatsApp users is marketing its COVID-19 tracking solution […]
German Federal Agencies Publish Privacy and IT Security Requirements for Digital Health Applications
On April 21, 2020, the Regulation on the Requirements and Reimbursement Process for Digital Health Applications (DiGAV) entered into force […]
Google Play has been spreading advanced Android malware for years
Hackers have been using Google Play for years to distribute an unusually advanced backdoor capable of stealing a wide range […]
Senate bill would set privacy requirements for COVID-19 tracking
A group of senators want to enshrine privacy protections in COVID-19 contact tracing apps through legislation, but there are concerns […]
India requires all workers to use its COVID-19 tracking app
India is now mandating that all workers use its COVID-19 contact tracing app, even though there are concerns it violates […]