OT: NZ COVID Tracer app
Hi everyone Just came through on my twitter feed: the NZ COVID Traver app is ready: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-c... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:05:13AM +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
Just came through on my twitter feed: the NZ COVID Traver app is ready: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-c...
I don't see any statement on that website as to who wrote the app or whether the source code is available for vetting. Does anyone know something about these things? Cheers Michael.
On Wed, 20 May 2020, at 11:29, Michael Cree wrote:
I don't see any statement on that website as to who wrote the app or whether the source code is available for vetting.
Does anyone know something about these things?
Hi Michael! "NZ COVID Tracer has been developed for the Ministry of Health by Kiwi company Rush Digital and in part relies on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform."[1] You may find some answers to your questions here: https://twitter.com/andrewtychen/status/1262639539962576896 ... Andrew has done a very detailed review thread on the app - although I can't answer the question about open source :) E [1]: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-c... -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es
On Wed, 20 May 2020 11:29:26 +1200, Michael Cree wrote:
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:05:13AM +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-c...
I don't see any statement on that website as to who wrote the app or whether the source code is available for vetting.
Does anyone know something about these things?
No mention of source code, unlike some other countries. That page and the Q&A page <https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-general-public/contact-tracing-covid-19/nz-covid-tracer-app/nz-covid-tracer-app-questions-and-answers> give some more details, like that the app relies in part on Amazon Web Services. They also say that, if they need the data from your copy of the app, they need to call you up and ask you to read it out. A planned future update will allow this data transmission to happen more directly (under your control?). You also have the option of deleting all data held by the app, though not of selectively deleting particular entries. There is an e-mail address for sending further queries/feedback. No doubt some will be asking about source code.
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