> On 24 Apr 2020, at 20:29, msunet <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> There was some talk about this at the Flatten the Curve Summit. At first, I 
> thought this technology would be interesting, but now I have doubts about it. 
> It doesn't seem very useful to trace people if you can't test them, first of 
> all.

If traces are not already being collected, then the test result can’t be 
transmitted to likely exposed persons.

> I also wonder how the random numbers are generated -- will they use your 
> device or advertising ID? How can you tell when they embed this technology in 
> their proprietary, secret OSes anyway? I also haven't seen what the 
> authentication layer is -- will you need a google account? -- or more 
> generally, how they plan to protect the system from attackers. It's also not 
> clear to me who owns the data, where it is stored, how much of it, or for how 
> long. And when does the tracing end?

Apple/Google anouncement covers this.


> They also have not solved fundamental problems about this tech, like signals 
> going through walls.

Sound can also be used.

Here are my links:

conflict between France and Apple/Google, because the privacy of the French app 
is weaker than that permitted by the Apple/Google approach:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52366129 
<https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52366129>

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-contact-tracing-strengths-weaknesses/ 
<https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-contact-tracing-strengths-weaknesses/>

UK app also conflicts:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/16/nhs-in-standoff-with-apple-and-google-over-coronavirus-tracing
 
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/16/nhs-in-standoff-with-apple-and-google-over-coronavirus-tracing>

These conflicting approaches are dangerous and will not work:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/coronavirus-digital-contact-tracing-will-fail-unless-privacy-is-respected-experts-warn
 
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/coronavirus-digital-contact-tracing-will-fail-unless-privacy-is-respected-experts-warn>


Credential solution for low resource areas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3totKQ_BnBc 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3totKQ_BnBc>

https://medium.com/coviid/our-vision-for-covi-id-3ee2a1fe3049 
<https://medium.com/coviid/our-vision-for-covi-id-3ee2a1fe3049>


The rights issue:

https://exposurealerting.org/ <https://exposurealerting.org/>


Audio to increase accuracy:

https://www.novid.org/ <https://www.novid.org/>

This addresses privacy issues with audio as a way of with stopping the 
through-the-wall Bluetooth contact errors:

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/block-ultrasonic-signals-didnt-know-tracking/ 
<https://www.wired.com/2016/11/block-ultrasonic-signals-didnt-know-tracking/>


One way to self-generate credentials, while protecting privacy

https://blog.openmined.org/ckks-homomorphic-encryption-pytorch-pysyft-seal/ 
<https://blog.openmined.org/ckks-homomorphic-encryption-pytorch-pysyft-seal/>

https://blog.openmined.org/pysyft-pytorch-intel-sgx/ 
<https://blog.openmined.org/pysyft-pytorch-intel-sgx/>


Objections:

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-contact-tracing-wont-stop-covid-alone/ 
<https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-contact-tracing-wont-stop-covid-alone/>

A not that clear objection to Apple/Google standard:

https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/the-flawed-world-of-contact-tracing-wheres-carol-the-tester-3939ac92488a
 
<https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/the-flawed-world-of-contact-tracing-wheres-carol-the-tester-3939ac92488a>



dss


David Stodolsky, PhD                   Institute for Social Informatics
Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
[email protected]          Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070

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