Breaking: Apple, Google debut major effort to help people track if they’ve come in contact with coronavirus
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The changes the two companies announced targeting iPhone and Android devices could inject valuable new technological support into contact tracing, a strategy public-health officials say is essential to allowing people to return to work and normal life while containing the spread of the pandemic. The companies said the technology would not track a user’s specific location or reveal an infected person’s identity to the tech giants or to governments worldwide.But the success of their efforts — an unprecedented collaboration between two big tech rivals — will hinge on whether public-health officials can create apps fast enough, and whether people download and use them consistently.
For now, users would have to choose to install these contact-tracing apps, which are still under development by institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And it would be entirely up to the individual to indicate if they had contracted coronavirus, resulting in anonymous alerts being sent to those who had been in that person’s proximity.
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