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Re: Corona Contact Tracing Germany

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Post by MeinBlutIstBlau »

IlIlI wrote: post #3

All government apps should be open source, period.

I agree on a philosophical level. I disagree on a corporate level. I have yet to have an experience with a government that actually maintains bleeding edge security and proper maintenance. The farther down you go the administration levels, the worse it becomes.

Re: Corona Contact Tracing Germany

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Post by rurban »

Someone wrote: post #6

If I understand this correctly, this removes one layer of Google code, but keeps building on the Google layers beneath it. If so, what is the gain here? Can the Exposure Notification Framework be trusted less than the rest of Android? Or does this support more hardware?

The biggest problem is identification. The latest Android system update for the low-energy bluetooth support which was needed for those tracing apps, added the generation of the random id centrally. Which is security nightmare, like registering your private SSH key at Google. So Google knows now your health status, and via Google the NSA, and via the NSA all their partners.

Re: Corona Contact Tracing Germany

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Post by khir »

I really dont get the point of this app. If you are running microg instead of play services on your phone anyways also the corona warn app does use the micro g implementation of the exposure api, or am I missing something here?

If that is correct why is there a need to fork the app.

I absolutely agree that SAP and co who developed CWA should have coded their own open implementation of the exposure api... That would have maybe made the 20 million euros they received understandable.

Re: Corona Contact Tracing Germany

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Post by detaro »

khir wrote: post #14

I really dont get the point of this app. If you are running microg instead of play services on your phone anyways also the corona warn app does use the micro g implementation of the exposure api, or am I missing something here? If that is correct why is there a need to fork the app. I absolutely agree that SAP and co who developed CWA should have coded their own open implementation of the exposure api... That would h…

It works on phones that don't have microg installed.

Re: Corona Contact Tracing Germany

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Post by khir »

detaro wrote: post #15
khir wrote: post #14

I really dont get the point of this app. If you are running microg instead of play services on your phone anyways also the corona warn app does use the micro g implementation of the exposure api, or am I missing something here? If that is correct why is there a need to fork the app. I absolutely agree that SAP and co who developed CWA should have coded their own open implementation of the exposure api... That would h…

It works on phones that don't have microg installed.

Ahhh, okay. That's interesting. Thanks.
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