Sunday 3 May 2020

The success of Apple and Google's contact tracing plan will be determined by one thing

Apple and Google's contact tracing plan might be one of the best tools that we have to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The two rivals together are responsible for the operating system used on over 99% of the smartphones in the world. Simply put, the phones belonging to those who opt-in to the contact tracing will build a database that collects identifiers representing people that were in their vicinity for a two-week period. This is all done anonymously  and everything is stored on-device.

If someone tests positive for COVID-19, they go to an app developed by a ...

from PhoneArena https://ift.tt/3fiXMrA

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