Pardon the Intrusion #30: Your data is up for sale

Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. During the first wave of COVID-19, contact tracing apps were touted as THE BIG SOLUTION to tackling the pandemic. Most countries rolled out their own versions, and later Apple and Google together built a unified exposure notification API that works across Android and iOS. This is all well and good, but there’s been no actual evidence yet they’re helping to stop COVID-19. Then there are the privacy and security worries. Contact tracing apps…

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BY Ravie Lakshmanan