Published on Apr 18, 2020
Image Matrix Tech Editor Djuro Sen states the COVID-19 tracing app’s usage of Bluetooth should leave individuals “cautious of objective creep”.
The app utilizes Bluetooth to log contact details of users who come within 1.5 metres of one another for longer than 15 minutes and notifies them if a close contact has ended up being contaminated with the coronavirus.
Mr Sen told Sky News the information is released to the state federal government rather than the federal who has guaranteed Australians that the app is safe and secure on devices.
” The apps on your phone can be erased at any time and therefore all the tracking abilities of that app go away as well– it is simply a matter of eliminating it,” he said.
” It is very minimal in regards to the information it gathers, but all these things start with the very best intent then you never know if there is going to be mission creep.
” They are stating it’s safe and secure but we still have to see the last detail.
” You have to be wary of mission creep in this circumstance.”
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