This is a (very incomplete) list, current as of 27/04/20, of links to articles/white papers related to proposed technological systems for Covid-19 contact tracing. If you have any suggestions, please email them to me - jack AT jackmcdonald.org
Proposals
- Apple/Google bluetooth proposal
- BlueTrace Protocol
- Full site https://bluetrace.io/
- DP-3T
Papers
- Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing - Science, Luca Ferretti et al, 31 March 2020
Trackers
- Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19 - Privacy International
Articles
- What price privacy? Contact tracing apps to combat Covid, The Interpreter, Xueyin Zha, 16 April 2020
- How Digital Contact Tracing Slowed Covid-19 in East Asia - Harvard Business Review, Yasheng Huang , Meicen Sun and Yuze Sui, 15 April 2020
- Wanted: An exit strategy from the overt surveillance of smartphone contact tracing - Simon Sharwood, 14 April 2020
- Contact Tracing in the Real World - Light Blue Touchpaper, 12 April 2020
- The Challenge of Proximity Apps For COVID-19 Contact Tracing - Andrew Crocker, Kurt Opsahl, and Bennett Cyphers, 10 April 2020
- How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw - Zynep Tufekci, 22 February 2020
General
- How to manage a pandemic - Technology Review, James Crabtree, 14 April 2020
- COVID-19, Information Problems, and Digital Surveillance - Center for Global Development, Michael Pisa, 20 March 2020
Countries
UK
- NHS App - Name TBC
- How is the CDEI supporting the response to COVID-19? - Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation Blog, by Alex Lawrence, 27 April 2020
- [https://healthtech.blog.gov.uk/2020/04/24/digital-contact-tracing-protecting-the-nhs-and-saving-lives/](Digital contact tracing: protecting the NHS and saving lives) - Technology in the NHS blog, by Matthew Gould and Dr Geraint Lewis, 24 April 2020
- Biometrics Commissioner statement on the use of symptom tracking applications - Gov.uk, 21 April, 2020
- Coronavirus: UK confirms plan for its own contact tracing app, Leo Kelion, 12 April 2020. Note: NHSX “will test a pre-release version of the software with families at a secure location in the North of England next week.”
- Open Letter: Contact Tracking and NHSX - Rachel Coldicutt, 23 March 2020
- Other
Australia
- COVIDSafe
- Other
- The new transparency: smartphones, data tracking, and COVID-19 - Monash University, Mark Andrejevic and Neil Selwyn, 9 March 2020
China
- Close Contact Detector
- China launches coronavirus ‘close contact detector’ in effort to reassure public over health risks - South China Morning Post, Coco Feng, 12 February 2020
- China launches coronavirus ‘close contact detector’ app - BBC News, 11 February 2020
- Alipay Health Code
- Chinese technology against coronavirus: from thermometer drones to apps that squeak if you get sick - CE Noticias Financieras English
- In Coronavirus Fight, China Gives Citizens a Color Code, With Red Flags - New York Times, Paul Mozur, Raymond Zhong and Aaron Krolik, 3 March 2020
- Coronavirus tests Xi’s ‘heavenly mandate,’ but proves a godsend for his surveillance state - Washington Post, Anna Fifield, 3 March 2020
- Health code software brings convenience, but privacy should be respected: experts - Global Times, Zhang Dan, 2 March 2020
- Coronavirus: China rolls out far-reaching mass data experiment - The Irish Times, Paul Mozur, Raymond Zhong, Aaron Krolik, 2 March 2020
- Health rating system deployed in over 100 cities: Alipay - Technode, Nicole Jao, 20 February 2020
- Alipay developed China’s national health code rating system - Technode, Nicole Jao, 17 February 2020
- General
- Hiding coronavirus symptoms is now a crime in Beijing - The National, Lynzy Billing, 19 March 2020
- China nutzt Corona für Zensur und Kontrolle - Die Welt, Sonja Gillert, 13 March 2020
- Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus - Coindesk, Benjamin Powers, 12 March 2020
- Virus tracking apps aren’t helping fight panic - Technode, Nicole Jao, 26 February 2020
- How China is using QR code apps to contain Covid-19 - Technode, Nicole Jao, 25 February 2020
EU
- General
- - McKinsey, David Chinn, Hauke Engel, Daniel Härtl, Milena Quittnat, Pal Erik Sjatil, Marja Seidel, Sven Smit, Sebastian Stern, and Eckart Windhagen, 8 April 2020
- Privacy minefield awaits EU states in race to halt coronavirus spread - Irish Independent, Douglas Busvine, 12 March 2020
India
- Aaorgya Setu app
- Aarogya Setu app primed to take lead in COVID-19 war - The Economic Times, Surabhi Agarwal, 20 April 2020
- General
- As Covid-19 cases rise in India, “Covtech” based surveillance intensifies - The Economic Times, Venkat Anarth, 30 March 2020
- CoWin-20
Ireland
- General
- Covid-19 is normalising mass surveillance of citizens, The Irish Times, Jennifer O’Connell, 28 March 2020
Israel
- Hamagen
- Israel’s Knesset Suspends COVID-19 Cellphone Surveillance - OCCRP.org, by Zdravko Ljubas, 24 April 2020
Macedonia
- StopKorona!
- Government Website
- Developer: Nextsense
Russia
- Lockdown system
Singapore
- TraceTogether
South Korea
- South Korea is reporting intimate details of COVID-19 cases: has it helped? - Nature, Mark Zastrow, 18 March 2020
United States
- PrivateKit: Safe Paths
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