On August 9, 2022, Australia’s COVIDSafe app was officially decommissioned, and all its features removed. People were encouraged to uninstall the app. Reports of its closure have made international ...

Legislation surrounding the federal government's coronavirus trace tracking mobile app, COVIDSafe, has been introduced to Parliament. The purpose of the Privacy ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its second six-monthly report on the privacy and security of Australia's controversial COVIDSafe app. While there were no ...

It took a few years of tolerable incompetence, caused fears about security, and was meant to be the great surveillance salvation to reassure us all. Instead, Australia’s COVIDSafe App only identified ...

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Florian Vogt receives a fellowship from the Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infection Disease Emergencies (APPRISE) Centre of Research Excellence (CRE), funded by the National ...

The COVIDSafe app, a health application developed by the Australian government against the novel coronavirus pandemic, is now being decommissioned. A photo illustration shows a new COVIDSafe app by ...

Covidsafe has now launched Down Under, with the Australian government unleashing its coronavirus tracking app -- which is powered by Bluetooth, and millions of Australians who will download it. How ...

Shrugging off early privacy concerns and warnings of “serious privacy implications” from security experts, the Australian federal government’s COVIDSafe app — which was released this week to help ...

Coronavirus has now infected three million people around the world and recorded over 200,000 deaths. As a move towards flattening the curve, governments now invest in technology to track the infection ...

The Australian government's new coronavirus contact tracing app was downloaded one million times within five hours of launch, meaning approximately one out of every 25 Australians is using it. It's a ...

The app, which uses Bluetooth signals to track when people are close to another app user, has raised privacy concerns. On Tuesday, health officials slammed a hoax message circulating online that ...