COVIDSafe app

The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. Here's what really happened

07 Feb 2022

Instead of making the lives of contact tracers easier, analysis shows the expensive technology missed contacts and added to their workload.

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Do privacy concerns impact COVIDSafe app use?

05 Jul 2021

There is a discrepancy between people's intentions to protect their privacy and how they behave when it comes to contact tracing apps, a new study says.

COVIDSafe app: privacy and security considerations

18 May 2020

Cybersecurity expert, Professor Sanjay Jha from UNSW Engineering, says that while there may be some concerns with the Government's COVIDSafe app, he is enthusiastic about it's ability to help health officials understand and tackle the spread of COVID-19.

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Australia's COVIDSafe App needs more legal protections and transparency to gain trust

01 May 2020

The contract tracing scheme will need to be amended to win the trust of those currently undecided, say UNSW experts.