Health
COVIDSafe app’s new change leaves Aussies worried – Chronicle
Changes to the coronavirus-tracing app are alarming users who are threatening to ditch the health tool. But officials say the changes are not what they seem.
CHANGES to the Australian Government’s coronavirus-tracing app are demanding millions of existing users grant it permission to track their location, raising privacy concerns and frustration with the problem-plagued project.
The software updates to the Google Android version of the app, including one released this week, ensure it will not work unless users grant the app new permission to access their GPS data, raising red flags with users.
But a Digital Transformation Agency spokesman said the …
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