Apple and Google released software that will allow public health agencies around the world to build their own apps to track who may have been exposed to Covid-19 using bluetooth signals by rachsandl
Apple and Google released software on Wednesday that will allow public health agencies around the world to build their own apps to track who may have been exposed to Covid-19 using bluetooth signals, with Alabama, North Dakota and South Carolina the first U.S. states to sign on....
Alabama, North Dakota and South Carolina are the first U.S. states to commit to using Apple and Google’s technology, along with 22 countries, including Ireland, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.bluetooth signals to exchange anonymous “keys” between phones that are in close proximity with each other; if someone is later diagnosed with Covid-19, they can enter their positive test result into an app and alert all the other phones that were near that “key” recently.
The app has stringent privacy measures in place, such as not using location data and storing data on user devices rather than a centralized database overseen by a government authority—but some states and countries, such as the“North Dakota is excited to be among the first states in the nation to utilize the exposure notification technology built by Apple and Google to help keep our citizens safe,” Gov. Doug Burgum said in a statement.
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