Rappler's latest stories on contact tracing
New Anti-COVID czar Magalong to 'radically’ change PH contact tracing system
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong plans to bring his tested contact tracing strategy nationwide as he trains more tracers in interviewing and using a new digital 'contract tracing e-system'
Tacloban City to launch COVID-19 contact tracing app
City Administrator Aldrin Quebec says the Tacloban COVID-19 SCAN System will not only help the city government, but also commercial establishments in identifying people who are potentially exposed to the new virus
Bogus 'contact tracing' apps deployed to steal data – researchers
The fake coronavirus apps are designed to 'steal banking credentials and personal data'
Qatar tracing app flaw exposed 1M users' data – Amnesty International
Data exposed in the flaw includes users' ID numbers, location and infection status, vulnerable to hackers
Qatar virus tracing app stirs rare privacy backlash
Qatar's contact tracing app goes considerably further – it forces Android users to permit access to their picture and video galleries, while also allowing the app to make unprompted calls
Apple, Google launch contact tracing platform
The two US firms say 22 countries have asked so far to use their platform, and they expect more to come on board in the coming weeks
How the Apple-Google exposure notification system plans to keep users anonymous
Using constantly changing tracing keys and long, random numbers to track contact between phones, Apple and Google hope to keep users of the system from being personally identifiable
Nearly 2 million Australians download coronavirus tracker app
(UPDATED) Experts herald the COVIDSafe app as a way of improving authorities' ability to track new outbreaks of the disease
Contact tracing technology and the worries it holds
Let’s discuss contact tracing apps and how using technology to track a pandemic's spread virtually can cause people to worry if the tech is being used properly
Contact tracing by smartphone: a key to reopening society?
Contact tracing has some potential to lead to a more selective quarantine that does not require everyone to remain in place, but may also be open to trolling and privacy abuse
LIST: Coronavirus contact tracing apps in the Philippines
Contact tracing apps emerge as possible solutions to making large-scale contact tracing possible but privacy advocates and experts also warn that they may become vessels of privacy abuse if left untended
PH gov’t now requires public disclosure of coronavirus patients’ identities
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles says that this will strengthen the country’s contact tracing efforts
