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Voter suppression threats using @Google @Apple Exposure Notification #GAEN have been dismissed as unrealistic: an adversary could achieve the same effect much more easily using fake news campaigns (e.g. @ronrivest in Forbes). This thread attempts to analyze these arguments (1/12)
2. So ask yourself: what would make you more likely to stay home? A social media post of dubious origin that your polling station is contaminated or a personalized state-sanctioned notification of exposure to #COVID19 ?
3. While disinformation campaigns may be easier to mount, isn't it reasonable to assume that the return (as in the ability to affect a person behavior) is much higher if the attacker messes up with #GAEN ?
A research paper was published looking into the privacy of the Google & Apple #covid19 exposure notification framework and Contact Tracing Apps scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pub… #GAEN
'We find that the apps are generally well behaved. In contrast, the Google Play Services component of these apps is extremely troubling from a privacy viewpoint.'
'Google Play services share the phone IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM serial number, handset phone number, the WiFi MAC address and user email address with Google, together with fine-grained data on the apps running on the phone.'
