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Apple, Google Launch COVID-19 Tracking Tech That’s Voluntary…for Now

Posted on 15 April 2020

Ready for Big Tech companies to review your movements to avoid the COVID-19 pandemic? In mid-May, Apple and Google will roll out an optional app that will notify users when they have entered the presence of a person with the coronavirus. This project was launched with the intention “to protect people and get society back up and running,” according to an April 10 announcement via Apple’s newsroom. The same announcement also made clear that the two tech giants will accomplish this via “[helping] governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user...