The COVIDSafe app may have failed, but QR codes are here to stay
For now, it seems the benefits to Australia’s public health may be better served by other technology, such as QR code check-ins. And the public cost of maintaining the COVIDSafe app may not be in our collective interest.
The COVIDSafe app has identified just 14 COVID-19 cases — and not a single one in Victoria
The government’s much-hyped COVIDSafe contact-tracing app has led to the identification of just 14 cases of COVID-19, all in New South Wales.
A matter of privacy: There’s a menu of options to help restaurants and cafes collect diners’ details securely
Restaurants, cafes and other hospitality venues must now collect diners' details for potential contact tracing later on. But what about privacy concerns?
Coronavirus update for business: Queensland bids for Virgin Australia, crowdsourced COVIDSafe solutions, and UberEats cuts fees… a bit
The Queensland government bids to save Virgin Australia, a VC firm is crowdsourcing ideas to boost COVIDSafe uptake, and Uber kinda bows to pressure.
Can I make my employees download and use the COVIDSafe app?
More than 4 million Australians have downloaded the federal government’s digital contact tracing app, COVIDSafe, but employers cannot 'require' employees to download the app.
COVIDSafe: Is the government’s coronavirus tracking app as safe as they say?
Many have voiced concerns privacy and data concerns about the COVIDSafe app. But how does it work? And are those concerns founded?
‘Turn the angry-mob mode off’: Cannon-Brookes calls on divided tech industry to back government’s COVIDSafe app
Mike Cannon-Brookes has come out in support of the government’s COVIDSafe tracking app, even as the broader tech community remains divided.
