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Smartphone contact tracing has failed everywhere

Even the ‘successful’ contact tracing apps have fallen well below expectations, and incapable of discovering their effectiveness.

July 25, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Taccy and ArchiChect now detect apps built for macOS 11.0 Big Sur

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Both apps now detect and report apps which have been built using the 11.0 SDK, and ArchiChect reports non-Intel architectures too.

June 23, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Is it possible to trace contacts using Bluetooth on smartphones?

Is the big problem not privacy at all, nor waking up to contacts, but inaccuracy in Bluetooth measuring distance? And how successful is contact tracing?

June 13, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

How to get more detail in the log

There’s no shortage of entries, but are they the ones you need, and do they contain the information that’s important? How to change that.

June 11, 2020 Macs, Technology

Public health, private data

What are the options now for managing Covid-19 infection? Shouldn’t we protect the privacy of data above all else?

June 3, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Is MacKeeper bad for your Mac?

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Five years ago, MacKeeper was widely regarded as a Probably Unwanted Program. How has it changed now that it has been notarized by Apple? Is it safe?

June 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

How’s the smartphone contact tracing going then, or is it dead?

Did you think the UK was launching a smartphone contact tracing app? So did I, and have been trialling it. So when will it be released? Does it even work?

May 30, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

How to reveal ‘private’ messages in the log

Fed up with all those censored entries in the log? Here’s a simple way to turn privacy protection off and log uncensored again.

May 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

Trials of the UK’s Covid-19 app: where next?

Confused aims and poor adoption could prove fatal, and dash hopes of ever using smartphone technology to our benefit in tackling the pandemic.

May 20, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Covid-19 testing and diagnosis: where privacy stops

What’s the difference between a suspect and confirmed case, and which should be used for contact tracing? What about the implications of testing?

May 14, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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