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COVIDSafe update aims for almost perfect logging of contacts, but tech experts say app’s technology is outdated – ABC News
A COVIDSafe update has drawn a mixture of surprise and despair from the tech community, which is pushing for Australia to switch to the Apple-Google system used…
The Federal Government has overhauled the COVIDSafe contact tracing app, saying the new version logs “encounters” almost perfectly, whether or not the device is locked or the app is running in the background.
But the announcement has drawn a mixture of surprise and despair from the tech community, which says the update ignores the fact that COVIDSafe is outdated and other countries are rapidly shifting to a tried-and-tested contact tracing technology developed by Google and Apple.
Vanessa Teague,…
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