The NHSX tracing app source code was released but privacy fears remain

The NHSX tracing app source code was released but privacy fears remain

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https://tech.newstatesman.com/security/nhsx-tracing-app-source-code-was-released-privacy-fears

In a move designed to create the impression of radical transparency, NHSX finally released the source code for the UK’s Covid-19 tracing app last week. However, among experts, the reception was mixed.

Aral Balkan, software developer at Small Technology Foundation, expressed criticism that the source code for the server hadn’t been released, only that of the iOS and Android clients. “Without that, it’s a meaningless gesture,” he wrote on Twitter. “Without the server source you have no idea what they’re doing with the data.”

The NHSX tracing app source code was released but privacy fears remain

May 11, 2020, 5:38pm UTC
https://tech.newstatesman.com/security/nhsx-tracing-app-source-code-was-released-privacy-fears > In a move designed to create the impression of radical transparency, NHSX finally released the source code for the UK’s Covid-19 tracing app last week. However, among experts, the reception was mixed. > Aral Balkan, software developer at Small Technology Foundation, expressed criticism that the source code for the server hadn’t been released, only that of the iOS and Android clients. “Without that, it’s a meaningless gesture,” he wrote on Twitter. “Without the server source you have no idea what they’re doing with the data.”