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Britain Scraps Its Doomed Contact-Tracing App, Turns to Apple and Google for Assist

Britain swore an oath of sovereignty towards Apple and Google earlier this yr, resolving to plot a workable contact-tracing app that didn’t should cave to Apple and Google’s consumer privateness calls for. After quite a few warnings from consultants that the app merely wouldn’t work, the rollout has been delayed from Might to winter, and now Britain is becoming a member of nations like Germany and Italy, which reluctantly agreed to work with the tech corporations within the early section of improvement. Now, they each have contact-tracing apps.
Britain swore an oath of sovereignty against Apple and Google earlier this year, resolving to devise a workable contact-tracing app that didn’t have to cave to Apple and Google’s user privacy demands. After numerous warnings from experts that the app simply wouldn’t work, the rollout has been delayed from May to winter, and now Britain is joining countries like Germany and Italy, which reluctantly agreed to work with the tech companies in the early phase of development. Now, they both have contact-tracing apps.

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