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The official app stores all its data decentralized, only cryptographic hashes are stored centrally that each device then can check locally for potential risks.
by perlgeek 6y ago
The official app stores all its data decentralized, only cryptographic hashes are stored centrally that each device then can check locally for potential risks.
In the Luca app, the user's location data is stored centrally, and the states can then purchase a license to access data of potentially risky contacts.
(BTW the public health offices are notoriously overworked during the pandemic, so it's not clear to me if they'd even manage to do anything with this data).
- catdog 6y ago> (BTW the public health offices are notoriously overworked during the pandemic, so it's not clear to me if they'd even manage to do anything with this data). Anecdotally most of them are completely overwhelmed because of the currently fairly high case numbers and effective contact tracing does not really happen anymore. Also they mostly live in the technological stone age so they have a hard time scaling it up [1]. [1] https://www.dw.com/en/german-health-care-tackling-covid-with-paper-pen-and-a-fax-machine/a-56360491 https://www.dw.com/en/german-health-care-tackling-covid-with...