FDA’s central system for tracking the safety of COVID-19 shots is not functional

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have a functional central system for monitoring the safety of coronavirus vaccines, officials admitted to the New York Times.  More than 48 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given in the US, Bloomberg data shows.  Yet the safety of those shots is currently tracked by a … Read more

Covid UK: 70% support use of tracking technology, study suggests 

About seven in 10 Brits are in favour of location-tracking technology during the coronavirus pandemic – regardless of if it’s opt-in or compulsory, a study suggests. UK researchers conducted surveys of more than 3,500 British adults last spring, during the grips of the virus’s first wave, on their willingness to use such tech.  70 per … Read more

70% of Brits support use of tracking technology, study suggests 

About seven in 10 Brits are in favour of location-tracking technology during the coronavirus pandemic – regardless of if it’s opt-in or compulsory, a study suggests. UK researchers conducted surveys of more than 3,500 British adults last spring, during the grips of the virus’s first wave, on their willingness to use such tech.  70 per … Read more

New tracking system may predict where the next coronavirus hotspots will be

A new global surveillance system may be able to predict where the next coronavirus hotspots will be.   Developed by researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois, it can track where the virus is, where it is going, how quickly it will arrive and whether or not it is accelerating.  Its most recent report claims Wisconsin is on … Read more

Is tracking down every super spreader the REAL key to beating Covid-19?

As Covid-19 outbreaks once again ignite like wildfires across Britain, it is a question that continues to trigger debate: just how is this infection spreading? Of course, we all know the basics. We need to be in close contact with others to catch corona – hence the need for social distancing. The virus is carried … Read more

Government ABANDONS Matt Hancock’s beleaguered tracking app and U-turns to use Apple and Google tech

The Government performed a dramatic U-turn over its heavily-delayed coronavirus tracking app today and agreed to use an existing system developed by tech giants instead of building its own. Ministers are expected to set out this afternoon that they are scrapping custom-made software for the NHSX app and use a system already developed by Apple … Read more

Delayed NHS tracking app could be SCRAPPED completely with ministers blaming Apple

The much-delayed NHS coronavirus tracking app could be scrapped altogether, with minister blaming tech giant Apple.  The phone software was meant to be rolled out in May but despite a pilot scheme on the Isle of Wight it has yet to be introduced after being set with problems. A Tory minister last night admitted it … Read more

Google faces $5 BILLION lawsuit in U.S. for ‘tracking users in incognito mode’

Google faces $5 BILLION lawsuit for ‘illegally invading the privacy of millions of users’ by ‘tracking their internet use through incognito mode’ Google has been hit with a class action suit filed in San Jose, California  The law suit alleges Google continued to collect data during ‘incognito’ mode Google says they clearly state that some … Read more

NSA’s tracking program FAR more extensive than thought

An investigative journalist who helped expose the National Security Agency’s notorious phone-tracking surveillance program has described how it is significantly more extensive than previously thought.  Barton Gellman was one of three journalists with whom former NSA contractor Edward Snowden shared thousands of classified documents about US surveillance programs in 2013.  One of those documents revealed … Read more

Experts warn there’s NOTHING to stop people lying to NHS’s coronavirus tracking app

The NHS’s new coronavirus track-and-trace app could be hijacked by trolls bent on ‘sowing chaos for malicious pleasure’ with people more likely to ignore warnings about self-isolating if ‘false alerts’ become widespread, experts warned today. The UK app is currently the only one in the world that will allow an element of self reporting – … Read more