What a privacy expert says about Canada’s new COVID-19 tracing app

Canada’s COVID-19 tracing app is now live. Erica Natividad speaks to a privacy expert about the security concerns behind it and explains why some people may not be able to use it.

Jul 31, 2020, 5:19 PM

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