Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the coronavirus contact tracing app being developed will not be made mandatory and the government will seek to convince Australians to have their movements logged | fergushunter
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the coronavirus contact tracing app being developed will not be made mandatory and the government will seek to convince Australians to have their movements logged.
Mr Morrison ruled out the coercive approach on Saturday, declaring: "The app we are working on to help our health workers trace people who have been in contact with coronavirus will not be mandatory." To be effective, Mr Morrison has said at least 40 per cent of Australians would need to download it – a significant market penetration for a mobile phone app.
The Australian government's development of the app has immediately triggered concerns about data security and privacy and hostility to the idea of mandatory tracking.
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