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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by darrenf on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:28PM (#23073512)
> Is the source code of these apps something that could be FOI requested

There's no need for such a request. They themselves say "We intend to open source our codebase once the design is finalised" here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/nhs-covid-19-app-privacy-secu...

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by AJRF on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:31PM (#23073550)
This is why I mentioned the time frame - this goes into trial EDIT:TOMORROW* (still don't think that gives much time to audit the source code) in Isle of Wight, and ITV news said it is going out to the rest of the UK Thursday - so its being installed without any code being shown yet.

https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-52442754

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by eternalban on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:51PM (#23073749)
"Stay Clam and Work on Your Social Credit."
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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by Lukas_Skywalker on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:10PM (#23073954)
Do you know where the app can be downloaded? I‘m interested in decompiling it.
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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by bigiain on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:54PM (#23075178)
Yeah, that what the Australian government said. That's what their own Privacy Impact Assessment document recommended.

That's what they recently told us they were not going to do after all. Because security.

:sigh:

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