Whatever the technical arguments around the app, people who downloaded it believe they are helping their families and communities. In other words, a health emergency service was only deliverable to us, and other sovereign countries, if Apple and Google also thought it was a good idea. Yes, that's right: it was Apple and Google which ensured proper privacy levels associated with this entire app. We can become quite cynical about the motivations of tech companies - we journalists are especially guilty of this. To be fair, there was some interaction between our own authorities and both Apple and Google on feature and technological requests with regard to this app.

Source: Irish Independent July 12, 2020 01:36 UTC