Depending on who you ask -- the app is either the only solution to opening back up the world's economy or a gateway for hackers to steal our information.
But Seely said it's the island's job to test what works and doesn't work, and it's the job of engineers to fix those problems and fine tune the algorithm before the app is launched across the country.
Parker said the app is meant to be used with traditional tracing in high vulnerability areas, widespread testing and social distancing behaviors. While he said he would love to see 50 - 60% of the population sign up for maximum efficiency,"every person who downloads it makes a difference… for every person who downloads it, it means there is one less infection," he said.The current app in the U.K. was developed by NHSX -- the digital arm of the county's state health care.
A resident of the Isle of Wight poses with his smartphone showing the newly released NHS Coronavirus contact tracing app in Ryde, May 8, 2020.Eerke Boiten, a professor of cyber security at De Montfort University, signed that letter. He said that using technology to help COVID-19 is a great idea, but said that he's"not sure the U.K. version of it is the best possible option."
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