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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Most governments around the world have started to roll out mobile apps to aid the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the apps are purely informational, other instead implement some forms of digital contact tracing, or geographical location tracking. Because of the considerable privacy implications of the use of such apps, Amnesty International's Security Lab has been conducting technical analysis of many of these apps to unearth potential privacy and security issues, and better understand what collection of data are users required to concede.

This repository contains notes and raw data from the technical analyses we conducted. Please note: this repository receives rolling updates.

Country App Name Android iOS Notes
Algeria Coronavirus Algérie https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.covid19_algeria Collects GPS location history. Data is shared only if the user decides to report themselves with symptoms.
Bahrain BeAware Bahrain https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bh.bahrain.corona.tracker https://apps.apple.com/app/id1501478858 Written with Ionic Framework. Uploads GPS location automatically. Tracks users with Bluetooth bracelets.
France StopCovid https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.gouv.android.stopcovid https://apps.apple.com/app/id1511279125 Centralised contact-tracing using Bluetooth, data are supposed to be anonymised but concerns over metadata
Israel Hamagen https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hamagen https://apps.apple.com/us/app/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F-%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94/id1503224314 Records locally GPS locations and Wi-Fi SSIDs. Checks location against a download list of GPS coordinates diagnosed patients visited.
Kuwait Shlonik - شلونك‎ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.healthcarekw.app https://apps.apple.com/kw/app/shlonik-%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83/id1503978984 Every 5 minutes automatically uploads GPS location, bluetooth events, and bracelet tracking events.
Morocco Wiqaytna https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=covid.trace.morocco&hl=en https://apps.apple.com/us/app/%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7/id1512666410 Does Bluetooth scanning with a BlueTrace-compatible protocol. Data is probably uploaded on request.
Norway Smittestopp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.simula.smittestopp https://apps.apple.com/no/app/smittestopp/id1506165384 Records and uploads both GPS locations and Bluetooth events. Registration tied to phone number.
Qatar EHTERAZ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moi.covid19 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ehteraz/id1507150431 Egregious privacy issues with QR codes and other APIs. Does Bluetooth contact tracing. Capable of enabling GPS location tracking for all or selected users.
Tunisia E7mi https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tn.onmne.e7mi https://apps.apple.com/us/app/e7mi-%D8%A5%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A/id1513856060#?platform=iphone Does Bluetooth scanning with rotating identifiers. Any contact is automatically reported to a central server.
UAE TraceCovid https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ae.tracecovid.app https://apps.apple.com/sg/app/tracecovid/id1505485835 Records contacts over Bluetooth. The data does not seem to be automatically uploaded. The data seems to be only uploaded upon request from the health authorities.

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