Chi l'avrebbe mai detto? :-D The PM told Australians in April the contact tracing app was key to getting back to normal but just one person has been identified using its data [...] # Plagued by technical issues Where the app has faltered has been in transparency. Developers have reported difficulty communicating with the Digital Transformation Agency about problems. Early on developers noted the iPhone version would not be able to exchange Bluetooth handshakes with other devices unless it was running on the screen – incredibly impractical for users. The government initially denied this, refused to answer questions about it, and only once, before the Covid-19 senate committee, did the agencys chief executive, Randall Brugeaud, admit the Bluetooth function suffered when the app wasn’t on screen. [...] The Apple-Google API is being evaluated by the government but according to a Melbourne cryptographer, Vanessa Teague, it would require a major overhaul to the app. [...] Teague said in order to get the Bluetooth improvements the government could, in effect, change the engine of the app to move to the Apple-Google API, but it would be a lot of work. “It wouldn’t look that much different to the users – it would still keep the cute, you know, Anzac Day-themed interface, but they would have to completely rearrange the underlying cryptographic notification mechanism in order to use the API,” Teague said. “You can’t just improve the Bluetooth of this underlying centralised mechanism they’ve got.” That update, and the 21-day timeframe for recording contacts would mean there would be a period where the app would have to run both the old and new version. “I don’t think it’s an unsolvable mess, but basically you have to have both versions of the app running,” Teague said. “They don’t interoperate at all. Everyone running it would have to run both versions for a few weeks.” Continua su https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/24/how-did-the-covidsafe-app-go-f... _____ Si noti come, ora che lo spyware Bluetooth targato USA è pronto ad approdare sui vostri device, si inizi ad imputare il fallimento delle App di contact tracing esistenti all'insipienza tecnica dei governi, che d'altronde hanno completato la propria missione di testimonial della sorveglianza di massa. Giacomo