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1. iTWireTV INTERVIEW: Co-founders explain why CreativeCubes.Co is the quality community for start-ups through to enterprise: (Guest Interviews); ... and people, then plug in and focus on what you do best, letting CreativeCubes.Co take care of the rest - and with full COVIDSafe policies and practices. What's included is immense... top tier locations ...; Created on 20 September 2022
2. VIDEO INTERVIEW: Co-founders explain why CreativeCubes.Co is the quality community for start-ups through to enterprise: (Business IT); ... and people, then plug in and focus on what you do best, letting CreativeCubes.Co take care of the rest - and with full COVIDSafe policies and practices. What's included is immense... top tier locations ...; Created on 20 September 2022
3. COVIDSafe app killed off, helped detect 2 cases at $10m a pop: (Government Tech Policy); The Federal Government has killed off the COVIDSafe app that was built by the former Liberal administration, describing it as "wasteful and ineffective". A statement issued by Health Minister Mark Butler ...; Created on 11 August 2022
4. Research report underpins smart tech use and attitudes in north-west NSW: (Guest Research); ... New South Wales and is one of the few studies to examine this consumer base. “Have you used a smart app like the COVIDSafe app or had a smart water meter installed on your property?” Dr Randell-Moon ...; Created on 07 April 2022
5. DTA not saying if firms certified as cloud hosts have compliance issues: (Open Sauce); ... by Chinese interests, has got the green flag to host government data. Last year, when AWS was given the contract to host the government's COVIDSafe app, a similar question — that of using a data centre ...; Created on 22 October 2021
6. Govt stance on China not reflected in cloud hosting as AWS gets tick: (Open Sauce); ... may have been preoccupied with the process of being acquired by Deloitte, as the takeover was completed the same day. Last year, when AWS was given the contract to host the government's COVIDSafe app, ...; Created on 11 October 2021
7. Elmo Software solution records employee COVID vaccination status: (Health); ... businesses in a COVIDsafe manner. ELMO Software CEO Danny Lessem says it’s now possible to leverage off technology to facilitate the safe reopening of our economy. “Businesses need to be able to ...; Created on 07 September 2021
8. VIDEO Interview: OfficeMaps CXO Robert Wilkinson explains the smart office management revolution: (Business IT); ... on when and where individuals are available to work. OfficeMaps rounds out its COVIDsafe workplace toolbox for businesses with its comprehensive contact tracing feature. This innovative feature uses ...; Created on 21 May 2021
9. Two million Australians have created digital IDs through my.Gov: (Government Tech Policy); ... stay COVIDsafe. "The millions of people already using Digital Identity — with 120,000 transactions occurring via myGovID a day — demonstrate how the government is delivering on its commitment to make ...; Created on 24 February 2021
10. Defence dept to keep using Chinese-owned data centre till 2025: (Government Tech Policy); ... Labor MP Ed Husic raised questions over the hosting of data collected by Australia's COVIDSafe app in the same data centre, by Amazon Web Services which was given the contract to store the data. Update, ...; Created on 17 February 2021
11. DTA's digital ID program needs to be redone from scratch: researcher: (Security); The Digital Transformation Agency's digital ID program has been described as insecure and unfit for purpose by security researchers who last year found vulnerabilities in the government's COVIDSafe app. ...; Created on 16 February 2021
12. COVIDSafe app: government throwing good money after bad: (Open Sauce); Exactly why the Federal Government has decided to upgrade the COVIDSafe app after its abysmal showing as far as contact tracing is concerned is a mystery. The app, which was initially released for ...; Created on 01 December 2020
13. Govt says COVIDSafe app being updated as restrictions ease: (Government Tech Policy); Undeterred by the failure of its COVIDSafe app, the Morrison Government has announced that it will update the software in what it claims is "a world-leading technology development". A statement from ...; Created on 30 November 2020
14. Six Australian spy agencies collected COVIDSafe data: watchdog: (Health); Six Australian intelligence organisations have "incidentally" collected data from the COVIDSafe app, according to a report from the watchdog, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, issued on ...; Created on 25 November 2020
15. Fancy some contact tracing? That'll be $4.12 million a po: (Open Sauce); It's beginning to look like the Federal Government should avoid anything to do with technology following the revelation on Thursday that $70 million of taxpayers' money was spent on the COVIDSafe app – ...; Created on 30 October 2020
16. VIDEO INTERVIEW: Volkswagen Australia's 'World's Smallest Car Dealership' Opens with ...: (Home Tech); ... as COVIDsafe buying of big ticket items online takes off in a big way! iTWire talks to CCMO Jason Bradshaw on video to find out more. Studies show that Aussies are increasingly turning to online shopping, ...; Created on 27 October 2020
17. Victorians shy away from installing the COVIDSafe tracking app: (Apps); Only 56% of Victorians have the COVIDSafe ‘tracking app’ on their phone more than five months after the app was launched by the Federal Government in late April and as the State continues in lockdown with ...; Created on 08 October 2020
18. Secure cloud rules suddenly favour locals. Pigs have taken wing: (Open Sauce); ... Canberra sources tell iTWire, that the change came about when AWS was given the contract — without any competition, by the Department of Home Affairs — to store data for the Australian COVIDSafe app. ...; Created on 28 July 2020
19. Queensland says COVIDSafe app has not caught even one infection: (Open Sauce); The Queensland Department of Health has indicated that not a single COVID-19 positive individual has been identified as a COVIDSafe user in the state. The department was sent a query — as were all ...; Created on 24 July 2020
20. DTA believes in renewal. A complete purge every 18 months: (Open Sauce); ... to, with the COVIDSafe app being an excellent example. The antics of the DTA are not followed closely at iTWire, given that extracting any information from it is like getting a molar out of an elephant' ...; Created on 17 July 2020
21. Bowen describes COVIDSafe app as a waste of $2 million: (Health); Australian Labor Party health spokesman Chris Bowen has labelled the COVIDSafe app a $2 million failure, saying that despite all the exhortations to people to download it, it had had no role and had therefore ...; Created on 14 July 2020
22. Rupert uses Vault to pry open whole-of-government cloud market: (Open Sauce); ... Azure service as its cloud solution. And that was only one case. When a Defence deal was awarded recently, the locals were again shown a big "NO" sign. The same happened with the hosting for the COVIDSaf ...; Created on 10 July 2020
23. Cloud firm chief says new method for awarding Protected cloud contracts much better: (Cloud); ... also now better recognised. As an example, he said this was especially called out during the development of the COVIDSafe app, where the Federal Government passed specific legislation to attempt to negate ...; Created on 03 July 2020
24. COVIDSafe app: much ado about nothing after all: (Open Sauce); After all is said and done, the only organisation to gain from the development of the COVIDSafe contact-tracing app in Australia will be the cloud company AWS that earned about $710,000 for hosting the ...; Created on 01 July 2020
25. What price privacy?: (Security); ... media posts are being tracked by social media companies. But this may be changing: 96% of Australians are aware of the COVIDSafe app, and 29% say the pandemic has made them more aware of data tracking. ...; Created on 24 June 2020
26. Locals ignored as govt gives federal defence contract to Microsoft: (Open Sauce); ... development and hosting arrangement for the ‘COVIDSafe’ application is led by the Digital Transformation Agency and the Department of Health. The hosting arrangements for the application is a matter for ...; Created on 22 June 2020
27. Researchers outline flaws in COVIDSafe app, urge users to upgrade: (Security); A number of researchers have detailed four major vulnerabilities in the Australian Government's COVIDSafe application for the iPhone and Android systems, and advised users to upgrade at once. The main ...; Created on 19 June 2020
28. Only states can release stats on COVIDSafe data after pandemic ends: (Health); Data collected by the COVIDSafe app will be destroyed after the pandemic is declared over in Australia, and only the states and territories will be able to release data to show if the app was an effective ...; Created on 26 May 2020
29. COVIDSafe data will not come under metadata retention law: (Technology Regulation); The Australian Government will pass legislation this month that will enable the deletion of data collected by the COVIDSafe app from the central collection data once the coronavirus pandemic is declared ...; Created on 21 May 2020
30. ACCAN concerned over technical ‘shortfalls’ of COVIDSafe app: (Health); Telecommunications consumer group ACCAN says it continues to have concerns about the technical shortfalls of the COVIDSafe app, as well as issues relating to public education about the app. Australian ...; Created on 18 May 2020
31. COVIDSafe App – an update to why it should be avoided: (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!); ... previously about issues with the Australian Government's recently-released COVIDSafe app for Android and iPhone and how the government's past history with data protections left everyone rather wary. I strongly ...; Created on 04 May 2020
32. DTA says AWS will not store COVIDSafe data at Chinese-owned data centre: (Government Tech Policy); The Digital Transformation Agency claims that data from the government's COVIDSafe app will not be stored in data centres owned by Chinese interests. Responding a query from iTWire, the DTA said: "N ...; Created on 30 April 2020
33. How many COVIDSafe downloads do we need?: (Telecoms & NBN); OPINION: It is now four days since the government released its COVIDSafe tracing app. There has been a lot of debate over the privacy aspects of the app, and a lot of commentary about whether people should ...; Created on 30 April 2020
34. COVIDSafe app: AWS using Chinese-owned data centre in Sydney, says Husic: (Government Tech Policy); Questions have been raised over the fact that the American cloud provider Amazon Web Services, which was given a Federal Government contract to store data collected by the government's COVIDSafe app, is ...; Created on 29 April 2020
35. Why do we not trust the COVID-19 app?: (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!); ... the paramount concern, and primary goal with regards to the release of the COVID-19 contact tracing app, COVIDsafe. However, that being said, the privacy and data security of those voluntarily signing ...; Created on 29 April 2020
36. Pearcey Foundation endorses COVID app: (IT Industry); The Pearcey Foundation has released a discussion paper in response to the launch of the Australian Government’s COVIDSafe app. The paper, ‘The COVIDSafe App: A Question of Trust’, endorses the app, ...; Created on 28 April 2020
37. Govt shows it has a tin ear when it comes to privacy concerns: (Open Sauce); ... the tracing app — given the rather Orwellian name COVIDSafe — will reside on AWS servers well beyond the end of June. There is no requirement that AWS host the data in Australia or have the data handled ...; Created on 27 April 2020

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