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Comment: An unexpected test of the UK contact tracing app reveals the limited value

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<p>The path to getting a UK contact tracing app was a rather tortuous one. The country initially decided to ignore <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/14/contact-tracing-privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the joint Apple/Google API[/url] and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/05/07/nhs-contact-tracing/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">develop its own app[/url]. Having wasted literally millions of pounds doing so, it then reversed course and decided to build the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">COVID-19[/url] API into an NHS app.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my experience suggests that even the API-powered app doesn’t work too well in practice …</p>
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