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On 4/23/20 5:26 AM, David Stodolsky wrote:<br>
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This appears to be virtue signaling. France is asking that the
Apple/Google tracing security be relaxed. <br>
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<span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;" class="">It appears
that France has developed a slightly less secure tracing
method than the coming Apple/Google API/OS built-in. The
current limitation is that Apple doesn’t allow Bluetooth to
run on the iPhone, if the app is in the background and the
data leaves the phone. This has crippled TraceTogether,
etc., since it makes tracing impractical with the iPhone.</span></div>
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Notions of <b>'contact tracing'</b> must be considered in broader
'technical' and 'technological' terms. For instance, consider this
following headline, which I have been discussing with my team since
its publication.<br>
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<font size="+1"><b>"2 billion phones cannot use Google and Apple
contact-tracing tech System developed by Silicon Valley relies
on technology missing from older handsets."</b></font><br>
TIM BRADSHAW, FT.COM - 4/20/2020, 12:29 PM<br>
<b>arsTECHNICA</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/2-billion-phones-cannot-use-google-and-apple-contract-tracing-tech/">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/2-billion-phones-cannot-use-google-and-apple-contract-tracing-tech/</a><br>
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MANY such subscriber-linked mobile handsets in-service are located
within <b>the Continent of Africa</b>, and the <b>Indian
Sub-Continent.</b> And, they are MOSTLY NOT - iPhone 10s.<br>
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Of this, I shared the following sentiment with my staff and extended
teams....<br>
<blockquote><i><i>This story SHOULD teach us that, no matter how
LARGE any "tech" company may be, if those human beings WITHIN
are NOT disposed to understanding "SYSTEMS" more wholistically
(a widely abused term), products born out of this lack of
understanding cannot be expected to meet basic aspects of </i></i><i><i><i><i>functional</i><i>ity</i></i></i><i>
. </i></i><i>It also goes without saying that SYSTEMS so
constructed can also 'not' be expected to 'INTEROPERATE
reliably' with OTHER systems of a LIKE, and/or UNLIKE
construction too.</i><br>
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<div class="moz-signature">In this respect at least, and more
importantly, taking note of the UNIVERSALITY of COVID-19, backward
operational compatibility and INCLUSIVITY should have been
critical 'usability' considerations.<br>
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<font class="" color="#b3b3b3"><i class="">Dr. Robert Mathews,
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</i><i class="">Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications
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</i><i class="">University of Hawai'i</i></font></div>
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