MedCity News June 8, 2020
An analysis of more than 100 Covid-19 apps by the International Digital Accountability Council found that many fell short of best practices for privacy and security. Some concerns including using third-party SDKs that were not core to the app’s functionality, and sending unencrypted transmissions.
One of the many responses to the Covid-19 pandemic has been the swift development of digital tools to help prevent the spread of the disease. Governments and private entities have proposed all sorts of apps, from symptom checkers to telehealth apps. And that’s not including the contact tracing framework being developed by Apple and Google.
Given the sensitivity of users’ health and location data, it’s reasonable to expect that it would be protected. But that’s not...
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