Tag: COVIDSafe

COVIDSafe app gets important update

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
COVIDSafe has received an important update that fixed a number of bugs and improved iPhone functionality. The Opposition and developers are now calling on the government to encourage the...

DTA defends COVIDSafe contract with US tech giant

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Using an Australian company to host the COVIDSafe data would have delayed the rollout of the app and added “additional risk and complexity”, the Digital Transformation Agency says, amid...

COVIDSafe laws get a new framework

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Legislation enshrining privacy protections around the COVID-19 contact tracing app into law is set to be passed by the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support after government agreed on...

Govt should rescind AWS COVID app contract: Husic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s Ed Husic has called for government to rescind its contract with US tech giant Amazon Web Services to host and manage data from the COVIDSafe contact tracing app...

App server code needed for transparency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The code for the COVID-19 contact tracing app national database and algorithm used to sort through contacts needs to be made public so its security can be fully and...

COVIDSafe code released, but developers unhappy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The source code for Australia’s COVID-19 contact tracing app has finally been publicly released, but a group of developers scrutinising the service say it has not been properly open...

Senate to probe tracing app on Wednesday

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Senate committee investigating the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will turn its attention to the controversial contact tracing app this week. The Labor-led Select Committee on COVID-19...

COVIDSafe and lessons from the Access Card

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
The ANU Cyber Institute is providing independent thought leadership and commentary on government overreach and methods regarding large scale data collection and the implications for democracy and civil society....

Atlassian and the CovidSafe team

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian tech darling Atlassian is among the five private companies that helped the federal government build its COVID-19 contact tracing app. More than two million people have now downloaded...