Covid Apps Analysis

Session Contents

About this talk

In this session, we’ll look at privacy and security concerns and considerations regarding contact tracing apps, specifically those proposed recently for contact tracing of patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. We will discuss how these apps work, some concerns about the way these work, and an overview of the reception these apps have had.

This is the first section of a three part exercise:

• PART 1 - THIS SESSION

• PART 2 - Covid Apps 3rd June 5pm UK We will look at the vulnerabilities of one of the COVID tracing apps

• PART 3 - Covid Apps - Threat Modeling 18th June 8pm UK We will do a threat modeling exercise on contact tracing apps

Resources

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=99dca469-455d-4f7a-b025-00bf1d10ff6b https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes.html#behavior-hardware-id
https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes#behavior-hardware-id