Two Defcon security conference presentations find the apps launched by the governments consume an unjustifiable amount of data.
This spring, several public health authorities and tech giants across the world rushed in to build contact tracing apps. These applications serve an important role in determining whom the novel coronavirus may have affected.
The purpose of COVID contact tracing apps is awesome, they can help test people and isolate them accordingly. But the dangers are obvious, too.
COVID contact tracing apps boast the power of gathering personal data that exposes your activities, movements, and relationships.