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Heres What Apple and Google Want Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps to Look Like

Apple and Google aren’t creating coronavirus-tracking apps, however on Monday they shared examples of what the ones apps may just seem like. Most particularly, the tech giants detailed what the general public well being government who can use their contact-tracing APIs to create the ones apps can’t do: particularly, they are able to’t monitor your location and they are able to’t use your knowledge to market it to you.
Apple and Google aren’t developing coronavirus-tracking apps, but on Monday they shared examples of what those apps could look like. Most notably, the tech giants detailed what the public health authorities who can use their contact-tracing APIs to create those apps can’t do: namely, they can’t track your location and they can’t use your data to advertise to you.

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Author: Gizmodo

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