{"id":34689,"date":"2020-04-29T14:48:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/academics-demand-answers-from-nhs-over-potential-data-timebomb-ticking-inside-new-uk-contact-tracing-app\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:48:08","slug":"academics-demand-answers-from-nhs-over-potential-data-timebomb-ticking-inside-new-uk-contact-tracing-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/academics-demand-answers-from-nhs-over-potential-data-timebomb-ticking-inside-new-uk-contact-tracing-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics demand answers from NHS over potential data timebomb ticking inside new UK contact-tracing app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of nearly 175 UK academics has criticised the NHS&#8217;s planned COVID-19 contact-tracing app for a design choice they say could endanger users by creating a centralised store of sensitive health and travel data about them.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uB4LcQHMVP-oLzIIHA9SjKj1uMd3erGu\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open letter<\/a> published this afternoon, the 173 scholars called on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/02\/20\/nhsx_digital_data_tech_health_service\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHSX<\/a>, the state-run health service&#8217;s app-developing and digital policy quango, to &#8220;publicly commit that there will not be a database or databases, regardless of what controls are put in place, that would allow de-anonymization of users of its system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Due for release in the coming weeks, NHSX&#8217;s contact-tracing app will be the official way that everyone&#8217;s contacts with COVID-19-positive people will be tracked. The app will emit an electronic ID from your phone and receive the IDs of other phones with the app installed. If someone develops the coronavirus, everyone who came into contact with that person (i.e. their app came close enough for their ID to be logged by others) will receive an alert.<\/p>\n<p>Controversially, the NHSX app will beam that contact data back to government-controlled servers. The academics who signed today&#8217;s open letter fear that this data stockpile will become &#8220;a tool that enables data collection on the population, or on targeted sections of society, for surveillance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As we reported yesterday, Britain has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/uk_coronavirus_google_apple_api\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abandoned the international consensus<\/a> on how much data should be collected to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The letter said:<\/p>\n<p>So far little is publicly known about the all-important details of the NHSX contact-tracing app. Once its creators publish more information about its architecture and implementation, the public will be able to scrutinise it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2018\/08\/31\/shutterstock_privacy.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"privacy\"><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"Decentralise over Bluetooth, say 300 scholars\">Academics: We hate to ask, but could governments kindly refrain from building giant data-slurping, contact-tracing coronavirus monsters?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/04\/20\/coronavirus_contact_tracing_academics_social_graph\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Apple and Google previously <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/04\/27\/decentralised_contact_tracing_wins_europe\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published specifications<\/a> for the creation of decentralised contact-tracking apps.<\/p>\n<p>Critically, adopting a centralised model may risk losing public trust. In turn, people may simply not install the app for fear that their identities and sensitive health data, as well details of exactly who they met, where and when, might be stolen by thieves or otherwise sold or misused for new purposes by government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS has been asked for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Privacy International campaign group, along with most of Britain&#8217;s leading privacy campaigners, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/privacyinternational.org\/press-release\/3732\/press-release-10-questions-palantir-privacy-organisations\">sent 10 questions<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/01\/17\/techs_protest_possible_muslim_db\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shadowy US data analytics company Palantir<\/a> about what it would be doing with data gathered from the NHS during the pandemic. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p class=\"wptl btm\"><span>Sponsored:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.co.uk\/tl\/1925\/-8451\/build-the-next-generation-of-your-business-in-the-public-cloud?td=wptl1925\">Webcast: Build the next generation of your business in the public cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.co.uk\/feed\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/04\/29\/academics_open_letter_nhs_coronavirus_app\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slurp everyone&#8217;s details and you create a hugely valuable hacker target A group of nearly 175 UK academics has criticised the NHS&#8217;s planned COVID-19 contact-tracing app for a design choice they say could endanger users by creating a centralised store of sensitive health and travel data about them.\u2026  READ MORE 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