[covidwatch]: has a ‘covid-19 tracker’ been secretly installed in your smartphone?
[covidwatch]: has a ‘covid-19 tracker’ been secretly installed in your smartphone?
the message claims that “covid-19 trackers capability” have been added to apple and android smartphones. the message also includes instructions on where owners of apple and android smartphones will be able to find them. according to the author of the message, this was happening in the midst of “phone disruptions earlier this week”. it is uncertain where and when these phone disruptions happened. there is also an insinuation that this was a move done in a “sneaky” way by a certain group of individuals. there is nothing sneaky about the new tracking software. in a joint statement published by apple and google on 20 may, the firms revealed that they have worked together to build “exposure notifications technology that will enable apps by public health agencies to work more accurately, reliably and effectively across both android phones and iphones”.
claims that “covid-19 trackers capability” have been added to apple and android smartphones "sneakily".
suggesting that the new tracking software on apple and android smartphone was done secretly, in fact there has been joint statement published by apple and google
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