FILE PHOTO: A sign with distancing rules and the notice that masks must be worn, is seen at the entrance of a shop, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Erfurt, Germany, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Karina Hessland
In Europe, most countries have chosen short-range Bluetooth ‘handshakes’ between devices as the best approach, but have differed over whether to log such contacts on a central server or on individual devices. Although Bluetooth-based smartphone contact tracing is an untested technology and early results in countries like Singapore are modest, its development is already redefining the relationship between the state and individual.
Germany’s change of tack would bring its approach into line with that taken by Apple and Alphabet’s Google, which said this month they would develop new tools to support decentralized contact tracing.
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Taiwan started and perfected this . . . . could this catch on in the USA Strong no . . .. . unfortunately. AOC AyannaPressley NYGovCuomo MassGovernor
If any health insurer finds a way to get that data...we are doomed. As Covid can have long lasting consequences on brain, kidneys and lungs, the data is worth billions. Have you ever seen data worth billions not being sold? or hacked? Especially with google involved.
What’s with the necessity of every government knowing where you are? It should be the other way around, I couldn’t say where my MP is right now..
In WWII they backed the IBM punch cards ...
Germany is on its way to become like any other European country after initial success