NHS sees sense and adopts the decentralised model

 Matt Hancock, UK health secretary

After all the discussions about the NHS’s contact tracing app being centralised (you would have thought Germany’s decision would convinced them), what on earth did they think they were doing, finally they have changed their minds. I’m sure the pressure from the likes of the open rights group had something to do with it.

As I heard they had worked on two apps and of course the centralised one was a logistical flop. Now the government had to make the painful U turn.

Ouch! What a joke…!

Well at least they didn’t see the joke through to the bitter end.

“We are delighted that the Government listened to our and others advice in ditching the NHS’s ‘world-beating‘ App and to follow the successful model of other countries. “People need to trust the App, and it needs to work. Some countries using decentralised matching have already released their Apps. It will also work across borders. “Decentralised matching makes the App much easier to trust, as it doesn’t track you.
 

Author: Ianforrester

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