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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Fall Short in Privacy, Security

  • June 09, 2020

Those apps being designed to download to your phones to aid in contact tracing, symptom checking and telehealth help for coronavirus are not as private or secure as you may think, according to an analysis of 108 Android apps. The International Data Accountability Council found that some apps are not transparent about data collection and third-party sharing; some include third-party advertising and analytics not relevant to the purpose of the app; others fail to encrypt transmissions; and...