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Contact Tracing

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Privacy
The Linux Foundation Wants Open-Source Tech to Address Future Pandemics
The Linux Foundation hopes open-source apps will play a key role in tracing exposure to diseases like COVID-19 while being fully transparent.
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By Benjamin Powers
Aug 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 12, 2020
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The Queens Politician Who Wants to Give New Yorkers Their Own Crypto
Assemblyperson Ron Kim has proposed a decentralized contact tracing protocol and a blockchain-based public banking system for New Yorkers.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jun 19, 2020 at 6:36 p.m. UTC
Jun 19, 2020
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Russia
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 18, 2020
With an Austrian app that aims to track COVID-19 now including blockchain, CoinDesk's Markets Daily Bitcoin news roundup is back!
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By Adam B. LevineJohn BiggsLyllah Ledesma
Jun 18, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 18, 2020
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Austria
Austrian Government Funds Development of Blockchain-Based COVID-19 App
Austria's economic affairs ministry awarded a $67,600 grant to a project called QualiSig, which uses the Ardor blockchain to verify COVID-19 testing.
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By Ian Allison
Jun 17, 2020 at 6:55 p.m. UTC
Jun 17, 2020
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From Australia to Norway, Contact Tracing Is Struggling to Meet Expectations
The world is awash in COVID-19 contact tracing apps but few seem to be delivering on their promises.
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By Benjamin Powers
Jun 16, 2020 at 9:15 p.m. UTC
Jun 16, 2020
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Minnesota Official Alarms Privacy Advocates With Contact Tracing Comments
Comments from Minnesota Public Safety commissioner John Harrington comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 h...
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By Benjamin Powers
Jun 2, 2020 at 10:07 p.m. UTC
Jun 2, 2020
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Opinion
How Contact Tracing Can Be Effective While Guarding Privacy
A member of the Hyperledger Identity Working Group on how we can keep track of COVID-19 without giving up our digital rights.
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By Vipin Bharathan
May 28, 2020 at 9:42 p.m. UTC
May 28, 2020
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Privacy
Citizen App's New Contact Tracing Feature Raises Privacy Red Flags
The Citizen app, which normally fights crime, is now tracing coronavirus cases. Is your data safe with a powerful private company?
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By Benjamin Powers
May 20, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2020
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Opinion
For Contact Tracing That Preserves Privacy, Focus on Incentives
Blockchain-based solutions can add value in solving COVID-19 driven problems, says our columnist. But only if people choose to use them.
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By Stephanie Hurder
Apr 24, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2020
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COVID-19 Tracing Apps Have to Go Viral to Work. That’s a Big Ask
How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app?
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By Ian Allison
Apr 24, 2020 at 4:21 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2020
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