On 26/4/20 9:10 am, Tom Worthington wrote:
On 25/4/20 4:22 pm, Roger Clarke wrote:
... Covid-19 contact-tracing app ...
On 26/4/20 9:10 am, Tom Worthington wrote:
Professor Troncoso's team at EPFL seem to have a reasonable approach
with "Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing"
https://github.com/DP-3T/documents/pulse
In the Australian case, and perhaps UK also, legislation may not be the
whole answer. The public needs to feel the app is being overseen by
people who are credible and competent.
The solution to such problems comprises a mix of organisational,
technical and legal elements. The legal bits provide necessary
framework, and enforcement, but the guts of the solution are processes
and people
The Chief Digital Officer at the DTO, would appear to be the equivalent
to the Chief Medical Officer when it comes to government IT, and so a
suitable public servant to speak publicly about the tracking App project.
The government services minister, Stuart Robert, made assurances over
the the App. He was awarded a Master of Information Technology by QUT in
1998 ...
He's been such an embarrassment throughout his parliamentary career that
they may have withdrawn it by now.
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so should be competent to express such a view. However, Minister
Robert previously claimed a failure of the myGov portal in March was due
to a DDoS attack. The Minister later admitted there was no attack, which
makes him less than credible spokesperson on IT.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/minister-backflips-on-mygov-ddos-attack-claim-539704
The Australian Government has a very limited pool of suitably qualified
ministers to speak on a technology project (Shadow Cabinet has even
fewer).
https://www.torrens.edu.au/blog/business/what-degrees-do-ministers-in-australia-have-and-why-it-matters-guess-the-top-3
Senator Reynolds, Minister for Defence, might be the best choice, with
her military training.
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