Thread by @techreview, We know very little about automated coronavirus tracking apps around the world [...]

We know very little about automated coronavirus tracking apps around the world or how they could affect society.

How many people must download and use them? What data will they collect? How will that information be used in the future? https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883745

A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it’s time to keep track of them.

There's a deluge of apps that detect your covid-19 exposure, often with little transparency. Our Covid Tracing Tracker project will document them.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883745

We started asking these questions and found that there were not always clear answers. When we began comparing apps around the world, we realized it’s a mess of data and information.

So we pulled it together into one place—our Covid Tracing Tracker. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883745

A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it’s time to keep track of them.

There's a deluge of apps that detect your covid-19 exposure, often with little transparency. Our Covid Tracing Tracker project will document them.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883745

So far we have documented 25 individual, significant automated contact tracing efforts globally, including details on what they are, how they work, and what policies and processes have been put in place around them. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883745

A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it’s time to keep track of them.

There's a deluge of apps that detect your covid-19 exposure, often with little transparency. Our Covid Tracing Tracker project will document them.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883745

There are likely to be many more coming up. Help us keep track of them to hold them accountable! https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001354/how-to-submit-a-change-to-the-covid-tracing-tracker-project/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883951

How to submit a change to the Covid Tracing Tracker project

For our Covid Tracing Tracker project, we are sifting files, documents, and interviewing sources to monitor the status of automated contact tracing apps all around the world. But we’re also asking...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001354/how-to-submit-a-change-to-the-covid-tracing-tracker-project/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588883951

Example 1: Millions of Indians are being forced to download the country’s coronavirus tracking app—and it’s not clear who has access to data from the app and in what situations. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001360/india-aarogya-setu-covid-app-mandatory/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588884012

India is forcing people to use its covid app, unlike any other democracy

Millions of Indian citizens are being forced to download the country’s tracking app—a line no other democracy has yet crossed in the fight against the coronavirus.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001360/india-aarogya-setu-covid-app-mandatory/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588884012

. @HowellONeill, @TateRyMo, @bobbie, and the rest of @techreview will continue to sift through files, documents, and interview sources to monitor the status of these coronavirus tracking apps. We hope you'll help us keep track of the apps tracking us. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001354/how-to-submit-a-change-to-the-covid-tracing-tracker-project/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588884327

How to submit a change to the Covid Tracing Tracker project

For our Covid Tracing Tracker project, we are sifting files, documents, and interviewing sources to monitor the status of automated contact tracing apps all around the world. But we’re also asking...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001354/how-to-submit-a-change-to-the-covid-tracing-tracker-project/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588884327

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