Carmela Troncoso
Carmela Troncoso is a Spanish engineer at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. She is known for her pivotal role in developing the technology behind the Radar Covid contact tracing app, which aimed to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Troncoso advocates for privacy by design, emphasizing that the app was intentionally designed for a temporary use, allowing it to disappear once its purpose was fulfilled.
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Carmela Troncoso is a computer science professor at EPFL and the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, discussing the potential impacts of E-ID on political culture.
Warum Befürworter und Gegner mit der Privatsphäre argumentieren
Switzerland· 2025-09-23
Carmela Troncoso is the Spanish engineer from the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy who promoted the technology behind the contact tracing apps.
Por qué la app Radar Covid estaba destinada a desaparecer | Tecnología
Spain· 2025-02-27
