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Source code of the Beta of the NHS COVID-19 Android app

12 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 2 stories, 10 comments · first 2020-05-07 · latest 2020-06-18

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  1. …understood and documented before this App was created, and it has been implemented poorly [1]. [1] https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/issues/10
    comment by dignick · 2020-06-18 · in UK virus-tracing app switches to Google-Apple model
  2. Seems like a "throw it over the fence" development model. See also this issue: https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/issues/49
    comment by rwmj · 2020-05-31 · in The official Covid-19 exposure notification app for Germany
  3. ▲ 2
    NHS stops updating tracking app GitHub repository
    story by m0xte · 2020-05-29 · 0 comments
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    Secret keys are generated externally
    story by Hard_Space · 2020-05-08 · 0 comments
  5. …that arrive here in the future, the source came out on day of the binary "going live" to the public https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-iOS-BETA
    comment by g_p · 2020-05-08 · in Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their contact-tracing system
  6. …accessible via Android. Someone did some looking into this and it seems at least feasible[3] [1]: https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/blob/maste... [2]: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ne... [3]:…
    comment by stephenheron · 2020-05-07 · in NHS open-sources contract tracing iOS and Android apps
  7. …using: apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.crashlytics' com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging [1] https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/search?p=1... I assume crashlytics is for crash dumps only, could firebase-messaging pull…
    comment by erinaceousjones · 2020-05-07 · in UK’s NHS Covid-19 App
  8. Which they're using to track a couple of events, i.e. when the app fails to register with the API: https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/blob/maste... (Though that analytics platform itself does do device fingerprinting,…
    comment by erinaceousjones · 2020-05-07 · in UK’s NHS Covid-19 App
  9. …since. But it's okay, they'll hit 200k by the end of this month too! Pure 100% incompetence. [1]: https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/blob/maste... [2]: https://github.com/google/exposure-notifications-android
    comment by aboringusername · 2020-05-07 · in NHS open-sources contract tracing iOS and Android apps
  10. ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION is an immediate red flag. Yikes.. that's gonna be a no from me. https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/blob/43a16...
    comment by cameronbrown · 2020-05-07 · in UK’s NHS Covid-19 App
  11. …code for the apps are now open source [0] [1] [0] https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-iOS-BETA [1] https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA
    comment by kgraves · 2020-05-07 · in NHSX Covid-19 App Has Google and Microsoft Tracking
  12. https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/blob/maste... appears to be looking for Apple devices to wake them back up.
    comment by wtracz · 2020-05-07 · in UK’s NHS Covid-19 App