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Re:Public Money, Public Code by KarlKemp on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @04:41PM (#31185511)
The German version is at https://github.com/corona-warn-app.

It was expensive (18 million Euros I believe, but may be wrong). But other than that, it was excellent from start to finish. First release a few weeks after the API was available. The source was divided into logical components of more or less perfect size, it was straightforward, well commented, responsive to PRs, worked, and had no security issues as far as I remember.

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Re:Public Money, Public Code by Semaphor on Thursday April 28, 2022 @02:21AM (#31189297)
And there is even a fork on F-Droid that works without google framework only requiring microg, working on older devices, and having some minor additional features: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.corona.tracing/
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Re:Public Money, Public Code by mightyRodri on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:21AM (#31190353)
So much this. I am not one to be proud of the place i happened to be born but this effort gave me some hope for the gov software sector.
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Re:Public Money, Public Code by LargoLasskhyfv on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @10:19PM (#31188120)
Hrm. Why tee eff shops downtown insisted on that Luca thing with Smudos blessing instead? PR? Federalism? Panic? Incompetence?
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Re:Public Money, Public Code by deknos on Thursday April 28, 2022 @07:52AM (#31191412)
besides the three you named: lobbying and corruption i think
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