Even when the UK got its COVID app right, it still got it wrong
A report claims the UK’s contact tracing app is largely failing even in its core function of notifying people who may have caught COVID-19.
A report claims the UK’s contact tracing app is largely failing even in its core function of notifying people who may have caught COVID-19.
Europe has finished testing its platform for allowing COVID-19 contact tracing apps to work across national borders, but only a few countries are up to speed.
It looks like most European Union members have taken the sensible approach to developing contact tracing apps, which enables cross-border interoperability.
While the English government insisted on trying to reinvent the wheel, semi-autonomous Scotland did the sensible thing and went with the off-the-shelf decentralised model.
Nobody outside of the government and NHSX thought it was a good idea for the UK to develop its own contact tracing app when Google and Apple had already done the heavy lifting for them.
Pragmatic bunch that they are, the Germans have gone with the only viable approach to developing a contact tracing app, while UK attempts to reinvent the wheel have predictably faltered.
The Health Foundation has warned the existence of digital divides in UK society could create a false sense of security as some segments of society are left in the dark.
It has taken years for the technology and telecoms industry to take security seriously, and now we are at the beginning of the same story arc with privacy.
Some might assume the strategy to combat COVID-19 is being devised on the hoof while patchy delivery suggests there is little communication between departments, and the cynics would be right!
Just over a month after they started working on it, Apple and Google have made their COVID-fighting framework available to public health authorities.
With countries across Europe all trying to reinvent the wheel with their own contact tracing apps, standardization is long overdue.
The UK has officially launched its NHS contact tracing app, but there remain many questions about how effective it can be.
Just a couple of weeks after revealing their intention to collaborate over a contact tracing app, Google and Apple have made the first API available to developers.
Reports have suggested the UK will pursue a centralised data collection approach for its COVID-19 contact tracing app, despite the well-publicised security and privacy risks.
Contact tracing via smartphone is a powerful way to tackle the spread of coronavirus, but it mustn’t be done at the expense of individual civil rights.
The European Commission has unveiled guidelines for member states creating COVID-19 apps, with perhaps an attempt to prevent mission creep from private industry.
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