Is COVID Tracing Technology Secure Or Should You Worry About Privacy?

Written by sanchit.gera | Published 2021/02/01
Tech Story Tags: technology | covid | security | cybersecurity | impact-of-covid-19-on-world | consumer-privacy | contact-tracing-and-privacy | corona-contact-tracing-app

TLDR The COVID Alert app is intended to help tracing efforts in the province to curb the spread of COVID-19. It runs in the background and sends out randomized “codes” every 10–15 minutes via Bluetooth. All data is decentralized, meaning that the information is stored purely on phones and not on a server somewhere. The success of the program does depend on having a certain percentage of the population signed up. In Germany, for example, you would scan a QR code issued by the health authority confirming your diagnosis.via the TL;DR App

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Written by sanchit.gera | Sanchit is a software developer with a strong passion for startups and tech entrepreneurship.
Published by HackerNoon on 2021/02/01