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“As for the Apple-Google app, it fundamentally changes the locus of control and takes out the middle person and the middle person is the contact tracer, the people who have kept us safe,” he said.
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Australian Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Coatsworth tells @theprojecttv that “There's no way we're shifting to a platform that will take out the contact tracers”, referring to Apple and Google’s coronavirus exposure alert notification system
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Under the Apple-Google model, neither Google, Apple, nor other users can see your identity when you’re alerted about being a close contact. Public health authorities may ask you for additional information, such as a phone number, to contact you with additional guidance.
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On Friday, Government Services Minister Stuart Robert’s spokesman said
@DTA and@HealthGov were working with Apple and Google "to understand and test" their system since its release to see how it could be applied in Australia. "That testing is ongoing.”https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dishonest-covidsafe-app-has-not-detected-a-case-despite-6-million-downloads-20200627-p556s7.html …Show this thread -
At 1:45, COVIDSafe discussion from
@jekearsley https://twitter.com/9newsaus/status/1277212717506531328?s=21 …https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1277212717506531328 …
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From a cursory scan of the API documentation and the example app source code, he is technically completely wrong
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Contact tracers can still notify you (digitally) but they can’t call you as they don’t get access to your identity.
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Coatsworth is a dill. Either he knows the app is a dud and doesn’t want to embarrass the government or he’s an incompetent accomplice...https://www.themandarin.com.au/135285-opinion-covidfail-the-it-debacle-that-could-cost-lives/ …
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You'd think they would change to this new API because this approach actually works on iPhones because Apple were involved in developing it. The existing app only works if its in the foreground.
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