id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-239315-dk2lwsrx Magklaras, Georgios A review of information security aspects of the emerging COVID-19 contact tracing mobile phone applications 2020-05-31 .txt text/plain 6300 297 46 This paper discusses the aspects of data reliability and user privacy for the emerging practice of mobile phone based contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking Norway as an example, a country with good tradition on respecting the privacy of its citizens and among the first to launch a COVID-19 contact tracing application, it is evident that no tender processes have been disclosed for awarding public funds to construct the application [53] , calls to open source the application in order to aid the review by security experts were denied [54] and that data that contain GPS, Bluetooth LE smartphone identifiers and health status were stored in private cloud vendors [55] with unclear status on whether the data can leave the Norwegian geographic border. ./cache/cord-239315-dk2lwsrx.txt ./txt/cord-239315-dk2lwsrx.txt