India, Germany, Italy, France, the UK, and others open-source their contact tracing apps As countries encourage citizens to install contact tracing apps, they have been getting significant pushback from privacy experts who (rightly) question what information is collected and how it is being used. While privacy policies, guidelines, and whitepapers can inform the discussion, they are not sufficient to verify what data each app collects and how it works. In an effort towards transparency, a number of countries have released the source code for their apps. This allows experts to inspect the source code to look for security vulnerabilities as well as to understand exactly what data is collected and how it is used and transmitted.
Open-source contact tracing apps
Open-source contact tracing apps
Open-source contact tracing apps
India, Germany, Italy, France, the UK, and others open-source their contact tracing apps As countries encourage citizens to install contact tracing apps, they have been getting significant pushback from privacy experts who (rightly) question what information is collected and how it is being used. While privacy policies, guidelines, and whitepapers can inform the discussion, they are not sufficient to verify what data each app collects and how it works. In an effort towards transparency, a number of countries have released the source code for their apps. This allows experts to inspect the source code to look for security vulnerabilities as well as to understand exactly what data is collected and how it is used and transmitted.