Thread by @mikarv, Apple & Google's annoucement provides HUGE support for #DP3T against centralised solutions, [...]

Michael Veale

mikarv

Apple & Google& #39;s annoucement provides HUGE support for #DP3T against centralised solutions, which *no longer work* under it. The API they specify lets devices to query list of IDs they have seen, but NOT access them to upload them to a central server. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/04/apple-and-google-partner-on-covid-19-contact-tracing-technology/">https://www.apple.com/newsroom/...

Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology

Apple and Google announce a joint effort to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy central to the design.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/04/apple-and-google-partner-on-covid-19-contact-tracing-technology/

The specification they lay out for their own proposal is extremely close to the published #DP3T & #39;low cost& #39; design.

The consequence is that if the apps from the UK& #39;s NHS or German government want to work properly on new iPhones or Androids, people will have to leave them on (!) in their pockets.

(assuming they do not adopt #DP3T)

Here is a comic for how #DP3T works.

https://twitter.com/mikarv/status/1248231928093970432">https://twitter.com/mikarv/st...

https://twitter.com/mikarv/status/1248231928093970432

Also: https://twitter.com/mikarv/status/1248678128416931843">https://twitter.com/mikarv/st...

https://twitter.com/mikarv/status/1248678128416931843

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