The TCD report examined the role of privacy and Google in Singapore’s OpenTrace app, often a focus for European governments exploring their own potential apps, as a case study. The study recommends that Singapore remove the Google analytics from the contact-tracing app. Professor Leith also called for more transparency around Ireland’s contact-tracing app before it’s released. Symptom-tracking, if it is really needed, can be handled in a different app.”Asked for more information about the contact tracing app, the HSE declined to comment. This may indicate a direct trade-off between privacy and the effectiveness of contact tracing.

Source: Irish Independent May 01, 2020 15:33 UTC