German coronavirus smartphone tracing app goes live(reuters.com)

3 pointsby seesawtronhá 6 anos4 comments

German coronavirus smartphone tracing app goes live

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-app/german-coronavirus-smartphone-tracing-app-goes-live-idUSKBN23N160

4 comments

raxxorraxhá 6 anos

Theoretically this is a good idea and the collection of data is handled with utmost care without central device or user information. I don't know how generic bluetooth interfaces in smartphones have evolved, but I think its reliability would be the greatest weakness.

Honestly, aside from some demonstrations, when you look at how people behave, I think the tracing is almost a moot point again. Maybe it can be put to use when the next wave or pandemic hits, but currently everyone is behaving like normal again without using any app.

seesawtronhá 6 anos

All that considering it cost 20 million euros to build this app.

phoenixdblackhá 6 anos

Wrong. It took 20 Million Euros to build the App twice, setting up hotlines, localization, server infrastructure etc. in a very short time.

This is a huge undertaking and budgeted accordingly.

seesawtronhá 6 anos

Let's see in a year if this was a valuable investment of public money.