Google Promised Its Contact Tracing App Was Completely Private—But It Wasn’t – The Markup themarkup.org/privacy/2021/0…
“But The Markup has learned that not only does the Android version of the contact tracing tool contain a privacy flaw, but when researchers from the privacy analysis firm AppCensus alerted Google to the problem back in February of this year, Google failed to change it.”
“Serge Egelman, AppCensus’s co-founder and chief technology officer, however, said that Google had repeatedly dismissed the firm’s concerns about the bug until The Markup contacted Google for comment on the issue late last week.”
We warned a year ago that Big Tech would use Covid as an excuse to start snooping through — and profiting from — our personal health data:
https://twitter.com/the_iap/status/1252219321469763585
Dear @FTC:
1. How are @Google’s knowingly false representations to the American public about the privacy & security of our private health information *not* clear-cut “deceptions” under Section 5(a) of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 45(a)(1))?
2. Will you continue to grant amnesty?
1. How are @Google’s knowingly false representations to the American public about the privacy & security of our private health information *not* clear-cut “deceptions” under Section 5(a) of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 45(a)(1))?
2. Will you continue to grant amnesty?
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