But the UK’s plan has collided with Apple and Google’s partnership which has a more privacy-preserving, decentralised design. In the UK, adoption of the app, which is expected to be rolled out nationwide this month, is being linked to the lifting of a lockdown imposed in March. What these technologies have in common is that they are designed to alert anyone – sometimes weeks later - who may have come into contact with an infected person. Critics warn that this opens the door for even more surveillance and civil liberty losses, with some kinds of contact tracing system being worse than others. The push comes as more countries are moving toward usingcell phone location or proximity tracking as a critical tool in controlling the pandemic.
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While many European countries are opting for an alternative approach using new features introduced by Apple and Google, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service technology unit (NHSx) is forging ahead withits own app t despite uncertainty about its efficacy, privacy protection and whether it is compatible with central iPhone and Android features.
Utah is one of the first US states to try a similar approach with an app called Healthy Together, developed by a social media startup previously focused on helping young people hang out with nearby friends.
In Australia, more than five million people have downloaded COVIDSafe, an app lauded by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose government has significantly expanded the intelligence and law enforcement agencies’ surveillance powers under law since being elected. With more governments around the world pushing the use of mobile phone apps to track potential contacts of people infected with the COVID-19 Coronavirus, the worry they could be used for surveillance is growing too.
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