The COVIDSafe app was pretty popular upon its release, with around 70% of surveyed Australians saying they supported the idea. And it was a good idea at the time. Now? Not so much. Actual uptake was ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its second six-monthly report on the privacy and security of Australia's controversial COVIDSafe app. While there were no ...

Legislation surrounding the federal government's coronavirus trace tracking mobile app, COVIDSafe, has been introduced to Parliament. The purpose of the Privacy ...

On August 9, 2022, Australia’s COVIDSafe app was officially decommissioned, and all its features removed. People were encouraged to uninstall the app. Reports of its closure have made international ...

It took a few years of tolerable incompetence, caused fears about security, and was meant to be the great surveillance salvation to reassure us all. Instead, Australia’s COVIDSafe App only identified ...

Covidsafe has now launched Down Under, with the Australian government unleashing its coronavirus tracking app -- which is powered by Bluetooth, and millions of Australians who will download it. How ...

The COVIDSafe app, a health application developed by the Australian government against the novel coronavirus pandemic, is now being decommissioned. A photo illustration shows a new COVIDSafe app by ...

Shrugging off early privacy concerns and warnings of “serious privacy implications” from security experts, the Australian federal government’s COVIDSafe app — which was released this week to help ...

About 1.13 million people had downloaded the federal government’s COVIDSafe app by 6am today, just 12 hours after its release last night, said Health Minister Greg Hunt. The government is hoping at ...

Coronavirus has now infected three million people around the world and recorded over 200,000 deaths. As a move towards flattening the curve, governments now invest in technology to track the infection ...