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Monday morning, Apple and Google released new details about the Bluetooth system they're building into both Android and iOS that will let health care authorities track potential encounters with Covid-19. Here's how it will work, and how it will look: 1/ wired.trib.al/IFf5utm
Here is how Google and Apple suggest the apps ask for user consent to transmit and record Bluetooth codes when the app is first installed: 2/
If a user tests positive for Covid-19, they'll enter a unique code provided by health care providers before being allowed to declare themselves as infected, to ensure trolls or mistaken self-diagnoses don't flood the system with false positives: 3/
Finally, here’s how Google and Apple envision a notification of potential contact with an infected Covid-19-positive person could look like. We have more details on the app. Read more here: 4/ wired.trib.al/IFf5utm
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