Posted on 04/13/2020 4:22:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Apple and Google are planning on installing new technology to alert users when they have come in contact with someone who has COVID-19, according to WIVB.
The technology is known as "contract-tracing" and would be installed into the iOS and Android operating systems by mid-May.
It would send anonymous data to public health authorities, however, users must opt-in to the program.
Basically, if a user tests positive for coronavirus, it will add the data to the public health app and alert other users when they come in close proximity of that person.
If you're concerned about privacy, Apple and Google say that the system preserves the user's privacy -- content for the program is required.
“Two people meet to chat for a few minutes, and in the background via Bluetooth their smartphones exchange anonymous identifiers to register that they have been in contact. These digital keys change every 15 minutes or so and remain on these people’s devices to preserve privacy.”
“All of us at Apple and Google believe there has never been a more important moment to work together to solve one of the world’s most pressing problems,” the companies said in a joint statement.
READ MORE HERE:
https://www.wivb.com/news/apple-google-to-alert-users-when-theyve-been-near-a-person-with-covid-19/
Can we opt out?
how are the 4th amendment or HIPAA enforced by this?
Of course. You don’t have to have the App.
“Apple and Google say that the system preserves the user’s privacy”
if you clowns are so concerned about our privacy, why cant we opt out?
Probably two-thirds of the people in the country have been close to someone with Covid-19 at some time in the last two months.
Can we have an ap that identifies liberals when we get close to them so I can unsnap the strap on my holster, if needed?
I think you have to opt in.
So it’s voluntary. For now.
How are they gaining access to people’s private helth information. Has HIPPA been done away with?
“Can we have an ap that identifies liberals when we get close to them so I can unsnap the strap on my holster, if needed?”
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if that was the case, my phone would be on high alert non-stop 24/7 in my area..
George Orwell call home!
This is why I keep my phone in a Faraday bag.
One has to opt in to be on the warning list. GIGO.
That would require a database of every positive-tested individual, updated daily - and it would require tht the positive-tested person also be connected with a smartphone or other GPS device.
Here’s a question - WHY would it be ok to track folks tested positive for COVID-19 and to warn others of your presence (isn’t that a HIPPA violation?) - but the same technology is not permissable to warn people of roaming sexual predators???
Thank you. I don’t imagine too many people who had it would opt in.
What other illnesses can get added to this?
Ebola?
TB?
AIDS?
Flu?
Ive been leaving my phone home a lot. That opts me out.
Can we get one that identifies the presence of violent felons?
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