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How do contact-tracing apps around the world compare?

May 27, 2020COVID-19

Countries around the world are developing contact-tracing apps to limit the spread of COVID-19. Part of that effort is balancing privacy with data collection. MIT is tracking how some of those worldwide apps compare.

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MIT researchers sound alarm over voting app’s security flaws

February 14, 2020

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