Victoria won’t release COVIDSafe Access Figures
VICTORIA WON’T RELEASE COVIDSAFE ACCESS FIGURES
By Sarah Basford, GIZMODO
Victoria’s health department will not release information on how many times COVIDSafe has been accessed, despite a recent rise of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne.
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“If the numbers start to build up, and the contact [and app usage] levels stay low and we don’t know about it then we need to react quite quickly,” Professor Richard Buckland, a cybersecurity expert from UNSW told Gizmodo Australia.
He explains it’s important we understand how often the app is being used in order to determine its effectiveness. If it’s not being used the way it was sold then it might be time to go back to the drawing board and look to how other countries are using contact tracing apps.
