Forbes April 24, 2020
Apple and Google told journalists today a lot more about the COVID-19 contact tracing mechanism coming to smartphones soon.
Apple and Google have combined to create a way for smartphones to tell you if you’ve been in contact with someone who has COVID-19. Today, the two companies revealed more of what’s going on.
There was plenty of new information revealed, focusing on how the privacy elements have now been tightened up further, for instance. It was confirmed that Phase 1, where an app is downloaded to an Android or Apple phone, will be available within weeks – Phase 2, where the system is baked into iOS and Android without any download required, will come later.
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