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Tracking complaints against COVIDSafe
Prior to the announcement of COVIDSafe, we heard criticisms from Melbourne computing experts that Singapore’s original TraceTogether platform does not sufficiently protect privacy or create oversight from the “Central Authority”.
While the government would go on to accept all recommendations from the Privacy Impact Assessment, digital rights groups responded to the app’s launch with a call for greater transparency around source code and operating system, greater oversight, and clarity over legislative issues i.e.
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