40% of COVID-19 contact tracing apps lack basic protections

2020-12-11 05:00

Guardsquare announced the release of a report which reassesses the levels of security protections and privacy risks of COVID-19 contact tracing apps.

Government-sponsored COVID-19 contact tracing Android mobile apps have been analyzed in June 2020, uncovering that the vast majority lacked even basic security protections.

Notably, 62% of the Android apps and 58% of the iOS apps are using the API. However, contact tracing apps not using the Exposure Notification API have applied either a minimal level of fundamental security protection techniques or no security protection techniques.

The research reveals that although progress has been made, security and privacy issues among contact tracing apps persist.

Key findings of COVID-19 contact tracing apps 33% of iOS and 20% of Android apps had no protection.

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