Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We Be?
Apple and Google last week announced a joint contact tracing effort that would use Bluetooth technology to help alert people who have been in close proximity to…
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As Schools Move Online, So Do Security Threats. Here's What Experts Say You Can Do
"Scott Shackelford is the chair of Indiana University's cyber security program. He agrees, and says cyber security is like personal hygiene: it won'…
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Track the virus’s spread with smartphone apps? It’s apt to be harder than it looks
"“None of this works without ubiquitous and frequent and highly distributed testing," said Omer Tene, vice president of the International Association…
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Germany Calls For Unified EU Corona-Tracing App for Tighter Privacy Controls
"Thomas Lohninger, executive director of the Vienna-based digital rights NGO epicenter.works, said that since contact tracing apps deal with sensitive heal…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance
"“My concern is that out of desperation we will turn to technology and put in place a massive surveillance apparatus at a tangible loss to civil liberties…
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Blog: Could Covid-19 change privacy standards forever?
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, agreed there is a difference between anonymised and aggregate…
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The Next Frontier of Baseball Cheating: The Cloud
“Any time you have a database online, and they are using a communication tool among their employees — whether it is manager, coaches, players, scouts, etc. — al…
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Are Governments Sacrificing Privacy to Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic?
"“We can’t blindly trust a telecom operator using sensitive location data about millions of people without checking the math,” said Thomas Lohninger, direc…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance
"“My concern is that out of desperation we will turn to technology and put in place a massive surveillance apparatus at a tangible loss to civil liberties…
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Congress Hears Options—And Concerns—for Using Smartphone Data to Fight COVID-19
"“There can be little doubt that better access to and analysis of information will play a prominent role in addressing the ongoing pandemic,” wrote Ryan Ca…
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Apple, Google Could Alert You to Coronavirus Exposure
"“This is a huge step forward to assist the public health community with contact tracing while preserving user privacy,” says Albert Gidari, director of pr…
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Apple, Google plan software to slow virus, joining global debate on tracking
"“This isn’t a substitute for testing - you need to know who has it - but it produces actionable results so people can act responsibly, self-isolate and re…