False negatives and data leaks cause North Dakotans to drop contact tracing app

Contact tracing apps will only work effectively if people trust them and install them in sufficient numbers. Soon after its launch, however, the North Dakota contact tracing app people were already dropping it after posting complaints in the Google App store. In a survey of 798 Americans, researchers at Microsoft Research, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Zurich found that nearly half said they would not install a COVID-19 contact tracing app that has false negatives or could leak their data. 

https://www.wired.com/story/the-success-of-contact-tracing-doesnt-just-depend-on-privacy/
Writer: Elissa M. Redmiles
Publication: Wired