Thread by @saikirankannan

Today, I'm going to write about the newly developed "TraceTogether" mobile APP in #Singapore that makes contact tracing very easy.

This has only been released 2 days ago for us in Singapore.

let me explain how this works.

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The idea is simple; if you have a smartphone, all you have to do is install an APP (only around 4 Mb) and let it work in the background forever with your Bluetooth ON.

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What the APP does is that it constantly looks for another phone nearby with the same APP installed and when this
happens, both phones exchange an encrypted code to identify individual users.

In this way, the phone maintains a list of those in close contact every day.

Now, if one of those using this APP tests positive, their APP data can help identify those who have come in contact with this person (of course it's only those who also have the APP)!

This makes it so bloody efficient and useful.

For those interested:

I agree this is way easier in a place like Singapore. India offers a different proposition.

But how much of our world-famous IT expertise have we employed in our fight against the #COVID19 outbreak?

Be it in terms of predicting the numbers, arranging inventories or managing contact tracing, technology offers numerous solutions for India to employ.

High time we embrace technology at the earliest & safeguard the nation.

Can the corporates PLEASE step forward?
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