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Andy Kaplan-Myrth
kaplanmyrth
Knowing that app-based #ContactTracing is likely to be used in Canada as well, it’s interesting to follow discussions in Australia as they roll out #covidsafe. It looks like they’re off
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Nicola is
peacenicsta
As an activist I won’t download #covidsafe & encouraging everyone I know not to. Bc this government can’t be trusted,no legislation enacted for privacy, normalising surveillance is dangerous for overpoliced
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Belinda Barnet
manjusrii
Good things: the shared data (if you’re positive) *will* be deleted when pandemic is over, & will be stored in Australia not offshore. The data on your own device is
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Sarah Alice | My Name Is Ruin
Sarah_Alice_X
What do these things have in common:MyGovCentrelinkCOVIDsafeATOCensusWebsites and apps that have suffered multiple catastrophic failures because the LNP is utterly incompetent when it comes to digital services (run from Stuart's
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Allen Cheng
peripatetical
About how the Australian COVIDSafe app helps with contact tracing. A thread. This is from the perspective of an epidemiologist - I don't have any expertise on the technical or
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Gray Connolly
GrayConnolly
Those objecting to installing a Govt App for the benefit of all Australians - esp elderly/vulnerable people most at risk of #Coronavirus - on devices that already know where they
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Doherty Institute
TheDohertyInst
#MelbourneConversations @VictorianCHO has downloaded the app #covidsafe it will help automating the contact tracing @VicGovDHHS #diseasedetectives The more people that download the app, the more bluetooth handshakes will take place
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Leanne O'Donnell
MsLods
The Privacy Impact Assessment is now available:https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covidsafe-application-privacy-impact-assessmentThat it was released the same day as the app is very problematic. For all the reasons I said earlier today
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Paul M. Garrett
PaulMGarrett
Our preprint on the Acceptability and Uptake of Mobile Tracking Tech for #COVID19 in Australia is out now! https://psyarxiv.com/7tme6 . Work by @simonjohndennis, @J_P_White, @AndyPerfors, @danielrlittle, @STWorg, @nicgeard, @lewis_math
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Justin Warren ⬡
jpwarren
Minister Hunt is, for reasons that remain a mystery, attempting to explain how the covid app works. Mr Hunt is reading out a list of health organisations he's lined up
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Leanne O'Donnell
MsLods
Note "the Australian Government is proposing to introduce legislation to the Parliament when it resumes in May" https://www.covidsafe.gov.au/help-topics.htmlLook forward to seeing an exposure draft bill asap. #AusLawAs for what should
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David Caldicott
ACTINOSProject
I’ve been thinking about the disparities between ‘what is known’ about #COVID19, and what our response has been in Australia.A brief flirtation with ‘herd immunity’, make-believe apps, schools, children, and
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Troy Hunt
troyhunt
I've just installed #covidsafe and want to capture my thoughts on the experience and the general principles behind the app here, especially as they relate to privacy and trust in
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Jeevika
jeevika_shiv
#Thread on #COVID19 RESPONSE IN #RURAL INDIA 2021including resources, initiatives, SOPs and best practices etc. Do share any you know. 2.1/n. #Covidsafe #Rural - SOP: A team of volunteers -
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Seth Lazar
sethlazar
Last week DTA said they'd shift COVIDSafe to the Apple/Google contact-tracing protocol asap. But this would mean a big change to the app, and how it supports contact tracing. @merusheel
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Lyria Bennett Moses
lyria1
My analysis of the COVIDSafe app (thread). Short version is that individual risks that could be reduced by government action (increasing trustworthiness and hence downloads). Actual decision will remain personal
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