Journal:BlueTrace: A privacy-preserving protocol for community-driven contact tracing across borders
| Full article title | BlueTrace: A privacy-preserving protocol for community-driven contact tracing across borders |
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| Author(s) | Bay, Jason; Kek, Joel; Tan, Alvin; Hau, Chai S.; Yongquan, Lai; Tan, Janice; Quy, Tang A. |
| Author affiliation(s) | Singapore's Government Technology Agency |
| Primary contact | Email: info at bluetrace dot io |
| Year published | 2020 |
| Page(s) | 1–9 |
| Distribution license | Reproduced with written permission |
| Website | https://bluetrace.io/ |
| Download | https://bluetrace.io/static/bluetrace_whitepaper-938063656596c104632def383eb33b3c.pdf (PDF) |
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Abstract
TraceTogether is the first national deployment of a Bluetooth-based contact tracing system in the world. It was developed by Singapore’s Government Technology Agency and the Ministry of Health to help the country better respond to epidemics.
Following its release, more than 50 governments have expressed interest in adopting or adapting TraceTogether for their countries. Responding to this interest, we are releasing an overview of BlueTrace, the privacy-preserving protocol that underpins TraceTogether, as well as OpenTrace, a reference implementation.
OpenTrace comprises the source code for an iOS app, an Android app, a cloud-based backend, and baseline signal strength calibration data. This will be made available to the open source community at github.com/opentrace-community on 9 April 2020.
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