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Contact tracing apps ‘fundamentally flawed’ for controlling COVID-19

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Australia, Bluetooth, computer science, contact tracing apps, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 exposure, David Skillicorn, Germany, government, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), outbreaks, phone apps, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Health, Queen's University, School of Computing, Singapore, technology

A computing expert from Queen’s University says mobile contact tracing apps simply aren’t useful for managing the spread of COVID-19.

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Motives unclear as cyber attack shuts down RMC network

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Canadian Forces Network Operations Centre, computer engineering, computers, cyber attack, cyber crime, David Skillicorn, Greg Phillips, Kingston, Queen's Univeristy, ransomware, Royal Military College, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Shared Services Canada

Kingston’s Royal Military College is one of four military training schools in Canada targeted in a mysterious cyber attack. Discovered