![]() ▪️ The government will introduce new laws next month to restrict access to state and territory health professionals and have issued a temporary determination under the Biosecurity Act to restrict data access. ▪️ If a person is diagnosed they have to consent to the data being uploaded to Amazon Web Services, which has raised questions over access by US authorities. ▪️ The data is “securely encrypted and stored” on a user's phone for 21 days before being deleted, but true anonymity is unlikely. However, quite a few developers have "unpacked" the code already, and given it the thumbs up. ▪️ The government has delayed the release of the source code, over concerns that it might not be safe to do so. ▪️ The data collected is your name, age range, postcode, and mobile number. ▪️ The app uses Bluetooth to make a series of ‘digital handshakes' in order to identify when two people with the app come 1.5m of one another for 15 minutes or more. So here are the facts regarding the #COVIDSafe app: ![]()
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