Could a dumb phone be the answer to our smartphone addiction?

How is the social tracing app the government wants you to download going to work, what info will it collect, and how will it aid efforts to control the spread of Covid-19? Guests include: Mark Andrejevic (Professor of Communications and Media Studies at Monash University) and John Dawson (an Australian living in Shanghai). Today's news headlines: Pollies weigh in on the proposed contact tracing app. One World: Together at Home concert. Turnbull's tell-all memoir out today. In today's Briefing we ask: What is contact tracing and how does it help fight Coronavirus? How will your phones detect you are near someone using bluetooth? What is 'decentralised tracing'? How many people need to sign-up to the app for it to be effective? What data will be collected by the government and how will it be used? How is the app working in China today? What is the difference between China's approach to collecting information via technology vs the Singapore model? How can an app help ease social distancing restrictions? What is life like in China today?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Apr 202022min