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UK offers up on centralized coronavirus contacts tracing app will probably swap to mannequin backed by Apple and Google

The UK has given up constructing a centralized coronavirus contacts tracing app and can as a substitute swap to a decentralized app structure, the BBC has reported. This means its any future app will likely be able to plugging into the joint ‘exposure notification’ API which has been developed…
The UK has given up building a centralized coronavirus contacts tracing app and will instead switch to a decentralized app architecture, the BBC has reported. This suggests its any future app will be capable of plugging into the joint ‘exposure notification’ API which has been developed…

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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