Follow RT on The Dutch health ministry has disabled its coronavirus warning app for two days after it was revealed that private data was collected by other programs Google installs by default on Android phones.
The CoronaMelder app will not send warnings about potential infections for two days starting from Wednesday evening, the health ministry said on April 28, after the data leak was discovered.
The app uses the Google Apple Exposure Notification (GAEN) framework – just like many other similar apps used throughout the EU. It works using constantly changing randomly generated codes exchanged between phones close to each other – and sends warnings to those who were in contact with someone who later tested positive for Covid-19.
Published May 4, 2021, 5:35 PM
The government will proceed “full speed ahead” with the implementation of the StaySafe.ph, the official contact tracing application, Malacañang announced Tuesday.
People form line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin)
According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the issues related to the contact tracing application have been addressed that paved the way for its rollout.
The community-driven software program, first launched last year, includes health reporting system that people can use to check their condition, contract tracing, and social distancing systems.
“So iyong usapin po na marami pang deliverables, tapos na po lahat iyan (On the matter about deliverables, that’s all over) and we have decided to go full speed ahead with Safety.ph,” Roque said during a televised press briefing Tuesday, May 4.
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A lawsuit alleges that Google s exposure notification tool for COVID-19 contact tracing exposes user data.
A lawsuit seeking class-action status alleges that a security flaw in a Google COVID-19 contact-tracing tool is unwittingly exposing personal and medical information of millions of users to third parties through device system logs.
But Google says it reviewed the issue, updated the code and is ensuring the fix is rolled out to users.
The two plaintiffs filing the lawsuit, who both downloaded California state public health contact-tracing apps that incorporate the Google-Apple Exposure Notification, or GAEN, system, allege invasion of privacy as well as violations of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
By Juha Saarinen on Apr 28, 2021 10:47AM Source: AppCensus
Google will not acknowledge or fix faulty EN implementation.
A flaw in Google s implementation of the exposure notification framework for Android smartphones could put users privacy at risk, with no fix in sight, researchers have found.
Google and Apple released their privacy-preserving exposures notification framework for contact tracing, in the wake of the growing Covid-19 pandemic last year.
Dr Joel Reardon of consumer data privacy firm AppCensus discovered that the Android implementation of the Google-Apple Exposure Notification (GAEN) framework writes vital information to system log files.
The system log can be read by hundreds of third-party apps with the information in them used for privacy attacks, Dr Reardon wrote.