Boris Johnson’s alleged ex-mistress is advising against using the NHS coronavirus tracking app.
Jennifer Arcuri, who gave him technology lessons at her flat, said: “There is no way I would download that app.”
The app, which may eventually hold data on millions of Brits, is set to be rolled out across the UK after its Isle of Wight trial.
Ms Arcuri, 35, raised her fears in an exclusive interview.
She said: “The Government can say they’re doing the best to keep it secure, there’s just no guarantee it’s 100 per cent secure or the data is going to be kept secure, encrypted and used only for this.
“I don’t think people should give away their freedoms.”
Ms Arcuri, who has now co-written a new book 'Hands on Hacking', is said to have had a “very special relationship” with Mr Johnson, who regularly visited her flat in Shoreditch, East London, which had a dancing pole.
She went on three foreign trade trips led by Mr Johnson when he was London mayor between 2008 and 2016, and her business received £126,000 in public money.
It is claimed he failed to register a direct interest in promoting her while having an alleged four-year affair. He denies impropriety.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct ruled a criminal probe “unnecessary” despite some evidence of a possible “intimate relationship”.
Ms Arcuri’s firm Hacker House found glaring flaws in NHS cyber security in 2016.
She said: “Anything like your personal health data in a government database being used in some obscure app just raises all kind of flags for me. It became very apparent that the NHS was ill-equipped for a cyber attack.
She added: “I don’t think tracking Covid-19 is an effective way of using tech money or trying to cure one’s health. I do not believe it is an acceptable use of government time, energy or money.”
