it's the end of an era for me at HWZ, while i understand the safety aspects of the arbitrary age limit, it is the #tracetogether saga exposing how those who temporarily ask for my fellow citizen's permission to rule over them behaves.

my singpass connected to an online forum? i grew up together with the internet... not before and not in, i know how this shit works and it's not this way.

i have to transform this burning hate for those people into positive vision for those who have been conned.

Now published: our retrospective on why #DigitalContactTracing didn’t live up to hopes for #COVID, and how we could make it both transformational and safe next #pandemic https://publichealth.jmir.org/2023/1/e49560. Lessons-to-be-learned thread. #ExposureNotification #privacy #epidemiology #RiskAnalysis #TraceTogether @agebhard @Jasonbay 1/8
Combatting SARS-CoV-2 With Digital Contact Tracing and Notification: Navigating Six Points of Failure

Digital contact tracing and notification were initially hailed as promising strategies to combat SARS-CoV-2; however, in most jurisdictions, they did not live up to their promise. To avert a given transmission event, both parties must have adopted the technology, it must detect the contact, the primary case must be promptly diagnosed, notifications must be triggered, and the secondary case must change their behavior to avoid the focal tertiary transmission event. If we approximate these as independent events, achieving a 26% reduction in the effective reproduction number Rt would require an 80% success rate at each of these 6 points of failure. Here, we review the 6 failure rates experienced by a variety of digital contact tracing and contact notification schemes, including Singapore’s TraceTogether, India’s Aarogya Setu, and leading implementations of the Google Apple Exposure Notification system. This leads to a number of recommendations, for example, that the narrative be framed in terms of user autonomy rather than user privacy, and that tracing/notification apps be multifunctional and integrated with testing, manual contact tracing, and the gathering of critical scientific data.

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
#Singapore should consider re-employing the #TraceTogether otter mascot for their campaign to boost birth rates coz the otter population here is ( ( B O O M I N G ) )

From the press release on the White Paper on Singapore's response to COVID-19:

"The TraceTogether (TT) programme faced slow adoption initially, and suffered a setback with the disclosure that TT data could be used for criminal investigations following earlier reassurances that the data would only be used for contact tracing."

https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/Release-on-White-Paper-on-Singapore-response-to-COVID-19

#Singapore #WhitePaper #Governments #COVID19 #TraceTogether #Privacy #ContactTracing

@harishpillay

Release on White Paper on Singapore’s response to COVID-19

White Paper on Singapore’s response to COVID-19: Preparing Singapore better for the next pandemic.

Prime Minister's Office Singapore

FYI, @harishpillay

"SafeEntry data is no longer being collected and the Health Ministry has deleted all identifiable TraceTogether and SafeEntry data from its servers and databases."

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/no-masks-on-public-transport-free-vaccines-6-things-you-need-to-know-as-s-pore-lifts-covid-19-rules

#Privacy #COVID19 #TraceTogether #SafeEntry #Singapore #DataCollection

No masks on public transport, free vaccines: 6 things you need to know as S’pore lifts Covid-19 rules

From mask-wearing to subsidies, here’s a quick look at the changes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
Mandatory use of TraceTogether token or app at malls, workplaces, schools to start on June 1

More than 90% of the population have either downloaded the app or collected the token.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

#TraceTogether: ‘Quick and convenient’ check-ins with new gateways at malls, libraries and cinemas in Singapore

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/safe-entry-gateway-covid-19-malls-supermarket-cinema-libraries-14652464

‘Quick and convenient’ check-ins with new SafeEntry Gateways at malls, libraries and cinemas

SINGAPORE: The new SafeEntry Gateways deployed at malls, cinemas and other locations with large volumes of visitors has made the flow of people ...

TraceTogether app is interfering with Bluetooth connections on my iPhone (to AirPods). Any shortcut to disable Bluetooth permissions when T/T is not in use?

Assuming there are others on here having this issue as well. Anytime I open TraceTogether to enter a location while listening to music, it...

New SafeEntry Gateways to be set up at malls, cinemas, supermarkets and more public places

SINGAPORE: New SafeEntry Gateways will be deployed at selected venues with large numbers of visitors, such as malls, cinemas, hospitals and gated ...

Now let's do Indoor Positioning with a #TraceTogether Token 🤔