Image Matrix Tech Editor Djuro Sen says the COVID-19 tracing app's use of Bluetooth should leave people "wary of mission creep".
The app uses Bluetooth to log contact information of users who come within 1.5 metres of one another for longer than 15 minutes and alerts them if a close contact has become infected with the coronavirus.
Mr Sen told Sky News the information is released to the state government rather than the federal who has assured Australians that the app is secure on devices.
“The apps on your phone can be deleted at any time and therefore all the tracking capabilities of that app go away as well – it is simply a matter of getting rid of it,” he said.
“It is very minimal in terms of the data it collects, but all these things start out with the best intention then you never know if there is going to be mission creep.
“They are saying it's secure but we still have to see the final detail.
“You have to be wary of mission creep in this circumstance.”
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