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Title: UK's NHS clashes with Google and Apple over contact tracing Post by: HCK on April 17, 2020, 04:05:23 pm UK's NHS clashes with Google and Apple over contact tracing
The NHS' original plans sound like a complete dumpster fire... What you need to know The NHS has clashed with Apple and Google over its contact tracing app. Apple and Google have refused to support the current UK plans. That's because they won't support apps that require a centralized database of contacts. Apple and Google have clashed with the NHS over the latter's plans to create a contact-tracing app which uses a centralized database of users. As reported by The Guardian The NHS is in a standoff with Apple and Google after the two tech firms refused to support the UK's plans to build an app that alerts users when they have been in contact with someone with coronavirus. Apple and Google are encouraging health services worldwide to build contact-tracing apps that operate in a decentralised way, allowing individuals to know when they've been in contact with an infected person but preventing governments from using that data to build a picture of population movements in agg... Source: UK's NHS clashes with Google and Apple over contact tracing (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/Jd__3fG5Fgo/uks-nhs-clashes-google-and-apple-over-contact-tracing) |