claim: google and apple’s covid-19 notification technology no ‘secret’
summary: facebook posts claimed that covid-19 trackers were secretly added to phones during a service disruption. in fact, google and apple cooperated to create an exposure notification system which requires consent and was reported on by the media
subject_description: "when everyone was having ‘phone disruption’ earlier this week, they were adding covid-19 tracker to our phones"
Motive_Description: incite fear about tracking phones for covid-19
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, phone, secret, sensor, track, iphone, android