Woolworths has announced it will be trialling a QR code contact tracing initiative, as well as using Rewards data where it can to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Voluntary to customers, the contract ...

The global discussion surrounding contact tracing apps has long been about the pressing issue of privacy. When it comes to such sensitive information like one’s health condition, it’s not surprising ...

In a bid to build trust in its contact tracing app, NHSX, the digital wing of the NHS, has publicly released the app's source code. Anyone can head over to NHSX’s GitHub page and view the code for the ...

DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - The Unified School District of De Pere is using QR codes for COVID-19 contact tracing. The QR code program was created by district’s data specialist. Students use their ...

That was, in a nutshell, many Mexico City residents’ response upon learning via a Nov. 13 tweet of their local government’s new plan to better trace COVID-19 cases: asking people to scan QR codes on ...

Anyone who has been to a restaurant in the last few months might have scanned a square barcode with their phone to pull up their dinner menu or pay for their meals to limit contact with servers. Now ...

French research institute Inria has released a small portion of the source code that is going to power France’s contact-tracing app, StopCovid. It is available on several GitLab repositories under the ...

Contact tracing is a critical tool for containing a disease outbreak. For COVID-19, it’s also a key part of plans like the World Health Organization’s guidelines for easing distancing restrictions. So ...

India said it will publicly release the source code of its contact-tracing app, Aarogya Setu, to the relief of privacy and security experts who have been advocating for this ever since the app ...

Ireland launched its contact-tracing app on July 7, and within a week it had 1.3 million downloads — roughly 37% of the country's adult population. NearForm, the company which built the app for ...

The NHS has kept its promise to share the source code for the UK contact tracing app, placing both the code and documentation onto Github. This will allow security researchers to examine the code to ...

Lots of new app ideas are emerging to track Covid-19, but each has issues around privacy, location accuracy and how much appeal it will have to the public and to health officials. By Matt Richtel The ...