Tracking the pandemic on private phones
Sep 03, 2020
2 minutes
In the largely hidden realm of high-tech, Apple and Google are introducing a helpful but potentially Orwellian twist. The tech giants plan to embed software in smartphones that would track the spread of COVID-19 from person to person. A public need would reach deep into private lives.
The basic approach is not new. Personal data collection has been key to containing the pandemic in
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