It has been several days since Google and Apple announced a partnership aimed at implementinga digital tracking solution for people infected with the coronavirus. With this, users could know if they were at risk of exposure to the virus. This application, like those that governments are looking into, raises many questions related to the protection of user privacy. To do this, this type of service will be based on the use of Bluetooth rather than geolocation.
Apple and Google want to reassure
A week before the date on which Google and Apple are expected to launch a beta version of the application, the two companies wanted to reassure users by unveiling new measures to improve privacy.
Apple and Google have indicated that measurements of your location will be taken every 5 minutes and the maximum exposure time will be limited to 30 minutes. Location data will not be recorded.
Bluetooth metadata will also be encrypted, meaning the app will know you've passed someone who might have coronavirus, but you won't know who it is. A malicious person could therefore have much more difficulty identifying users.
As governments in every country turn to a tracking solution, Apple and Google know there is a need to reassure the public. Otherwise, the latter risks not joining the service, knowing that many users must adopt it for it to be truly useful.
An FAQ addressing these types of questions in more detail is currently available on thesite webd’Apple.
A beta version of the service from Google and Applecould see the light of day next weekso that health authority developers can test it.
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