Obsession: Our attachment to our mobile phones is dominating our livesRESEARCHERS have raised concerns that data concerning Android users who have downloaded Covid-19 tracing apps is not being adequately protected. “This is the first study of its type on the privacy of contact tracing apps actually deployed in the 'wild'. Prof Leith added: "Unlike most other apps the HSE app also encourages people to opt in to collection of metrics. Most of the other European apps don’t do this (the Polish app is the exception) and we recommend the HSE app should avoid it too. We also found the Latvian and Polish contact tracing apps make use of Google’s Firebase service and so share data with Google.

Source: Irish Independent July 23, 2020 14:01 UTC