Contact-tracing apps were widely deployed during the Covid pandemic. They aren’t as helpful during smaller outbreaks.

(TNS) — The digital contact tracing effort in Virginia is 2 million phones strong. Roughly a quarter of the adult population has downloaded the state’s COVIDWISE app or opted in on their iPhones to ...

(TNS) — It’s been nearly a year since North Carolina and dozens of other states introduced contact tracing apps to their arsenal of tools to fight the spread of COVID-19. North Carolina’s app, ...

A COVID-19 patient's iPhone receives its daily contract tracing message from the city of New York on November 19, 2020, in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a rapid response to try to contain the virus' global spread. However, whenever speed is a factor, security and privacy often fall by the wayside. This is especially true ...

The NHS Covid-19 app was downloaded 161,000 times last week, according to App Annie, up from 131,000 in the previous week. Weekly active users held at 14.7 million in the weeks of July 11-17 and July ...

Hundreds of third-party apps in Android devices were given access to sensitive data logged by contact-tracing apps built on Google and Apple's API, according to security researchers. AppCensus, a ...

To ensure that contact tracing apps protect users’ security, privacy and civil liberties, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has tapped a startup to develop app ...

The ACT government is decommissioning the Check in CBR mobile app that was used for contact tracing during the pandemic. In a statement, ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the app will ...

It may feel like a long time ago, but it’s only nine months since the UK was in the grips of the “pingdemic”. Back in the summer of 2021, lifting COVID restrictions saw the country’s contact-tracing ...