The coronavirus epidemic continues to affect more and more patients around the world. To try to stop the phenomenon, several initiatives using our smartphones directly are multiplying,including a non-governmental and non-profit which respects anonymity. But thegovernmentsintend to take advantage of the opportunity to develop their own alternative.
With us, the commissionerEuropeanat the Internal Market Thierry Breton even directly questioned GAFAM abouttheir option which should arrive on Android and iOS and use our Bluetooth to alert us in the event of a risk of contamination. The politician thus spoke with Tim Cook, reminding him of his interest in working with the states... Even though France has stressed several times that the protections of theconfidentialityiPhones are a problem for him.
Earlier than expected
It is unclear whether Apple will take these remarks into account, especially sincethe firm is renowned for being committed to defending the privacy of its users. But in any case, the company has just announced that its tool created jointly with Alphabet would be availablefrom April 28, i.e. ahead of the month of May which was originally communicated as the deadline.
It is an update of Google Play Services on Android and iOS directly on iPhones which will offer this new functionality to mobile users, giving them the choice to activate it or not. So there will actually be no dedicated app.
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