Apple and Google announced a partnership today to create contact tracing technology to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus
app called TraceTogether, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Singapore on March 20, 2020. Apple and Google announced a partnership Friday to create contact tracing technology with a goal of reducing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. that their efforts will include the use of Bluetooth technology and downloadable apps in cooperation with public health authorities.
Contact tracing is a public health tool that involves identifying people who have been in contact with someone who has COVID-19, and warning them that they should watch for symptoms or self-quarantine if necessary. Apple and Google say that the rollout of contact tracing will have two phases: in May, they will make downloadable apps available for contact tracing; in later months, they will build contact tracing into existing underlying Apple and Android platforms. All features will be opt-in.
Several other countries, including China, Singapore and Israel, have already started using cell-phone data to track peoples’ movements and see who has been in contact with positive cases of coronavirus. strong protections around user privacy,” and that users must provideIt is unclear if this plan would even work. On April 8th, the ACLU released a
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