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Title: Contact Tracing Phone Apps: Health vs. Privacy
Post by: HCK on April 15, 2020, 04:05:19 pm
Contact Tracing Phone Apps: Health vs. Privacy

Google, Apple and MIT have made headlines with announcements of contact tracing mobile apps in the wings. Their purpose is to identify contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19 so appropriate actions can be taken to stem its spread.  However, a Cambridge University professor threw some cold water on those apps. The apps proposed by Google, Apple and MIT all have voluntary aspects to them.

Source: Contact Tracing Phone Apps: Health vs. Privacy (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86612.html?rss=1)