2/17/2024 0 Comments Ddos testing with siege tool![]() ![]() With a rise in the number of reported infections (which I’ll come to in a minute), the Government is urging everyone to download and use the app. However, that has some interesting implications, which don’t seem to have been considered. Whilst it may help Test and Trace, if everyone uses sit and complies, it could also inadvertently lead to an unintended lockdown. ![]() The first release of an app back in April didn’t go well, not least because the developers didn’t understand much about Bluetooth. Since then, Apple and Google have released a more comprehensive toolkit which makes it easier to estimate proximity. After initially rejecting this, the UK Government has done a technology U-turn and based its new app on this technology. That means it works on more phones, as well as keeping users safe from the eyes of central Government. It’s good to see that the new app takes privacy seriously, using Google and Apple’s framework. But nobody seems to have worked through the implications of what the Test and Trace app can lead to, which is Lockdown by stealth.Īt the start of the pandemic, countries around the world have looked at a phone app as a way to help contain the spread of Covid, essentially as an extra tool to support contact tracing. Most have primarily found it useful for signing into locations to help tracers jog people’s memory about where they have been. Others have added in the ability to use Bluetooth to add the details of who you have been close to for a significant amount of time. In England, our Secretary of State for health – Matt Hancock, who loves all things digital, latched onto the Bluetooth feature as one of the primary tools for containing Covid. England has finally rolled out its Test and Trace app, which we are all being exhorted to load on our smartphones. ![]()
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