France snubs Apple, moves forward with its own contact tracing technologyAs Germany gets on board, France moves on alone.
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France is moving forward with its own contact tracing technology.
The government announced it would not be adopting Apple and Google's approach.
Its own app is set to move into testing on May 11th.
A couple of weeks ago, Germany reversed course on building a centralized solution to its contact tracing app and now support a decentralized solution in line with the technology Apple and Google are developing.
According to a new report by Reuters, France is not planning on joining them. The country's homegrown solution called "StopCOVID" is planned to enter testing the week of May 11th as lockdown restrictions begin to ease.
Cedric O, France's Minister for Digital Affairs, says that the country's ability to choose its own path on how to implement contact tracing technology is more important than Apple's solution, regardless of how "innovative and efficient it may be."
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France snubs Apple, moves forward with its own contact tracing technology
