From Australia to Norway, Contact Tracing Is Struggling to Meet Expectations

[Paglamon]

Researchers in Australia have identified a bug that caused that country’s contact tracing app to malfunction, it was announced Monday.

Governments around the world have introduced contact tracing apps to track the spread of the coronavirus. But, as in Australia, so far it’s unclear how much of a benefit these systems are having. Critics complain about risks to privacy and centralization of sensitive data, and note that intrusive technologies rarely work as expected.

COVIDSafe, Australia’s contact tracing app, was rolled out in April. But its latest version has not been working properly due to a bug, Richard Nelson, a software engineer, announced.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/from-australia-to-norway-contact-tracing-is-struggling-to-meet-expectations

[TomPluz]

In the face of the ongoing pandemic, people are prone to sacrifice privacy of personal data and this trend is happening all over the world most especially with countries where people generally do not yet fathomed the importance of data management and its impact on people and the economy.