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| Can tracking apps help limit the spread of corona viruses? |
Google and Apple have officially started working together to develop new technologies to track contacts and warn people when they are near others who are already infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to prevent the virus from spreading to reduce.
This collaboration is one of the latest initiatives by many companies and governments that use Bluetooth and GPS technology to track the spread of Corona virus.
Bluetooth and GPS applications can help authorities track the spread of the corona virus. But was it successful?
In China, citizens receive a QR code, an app that uses specific colors to classify them and determine their status, location and what they can do. Singapore followed the same steps and provided a Bluetooth connection to the apps to register people interacting with each other.
The British NHSX (Health Services Innovation Authority) has also launched a Bluetooth application to slow the spread of the coronavirus after the ban on home health ends.
In Poland, the state relies on image tracking because patients have to install an application on their mobile phones at the start of family isolation. After installation, the application requests reference images of the interior of the house. Then the app randomly requests images of patients in the same place within 20 minutes. These images match the patient's localization data to ensure the promise of isolation.
How does contact tracking technology developed by Apple and Google work?
To participate in contact tracking, iPhone and Android users must activate the Bluetooth connection on their phone. When two people meet, their phones exchange a unique phone with a digital (identification) key that each person uses for these separate passwords. The key remains on the phone.
Once people share data, the phone checks the list once a day and searches for key correspondence. Then the user is notified with the following message: "I recently contacted people who were checked for by Coronavirus" and contained links to other information provided by a health agency. Use the tools.
What about the challenges facing Corona virus tracking applications?
The spread of these requests has raised secret concerns. In fact, the applications used by the Singapore government allow central authorities to collect and decrypt data, thus providing the government with a large amount of data on people's activities.
However, the real concern is whether the technology is really working, as there should be enough people who agree to use the app and be allowed to follow at any time. This is why Apple and Google want to integrate mobile OS technology to compel users to use tracking technology.
In addition, Bluetooth communication signals can be sent up to 30 feet, which exceeds health authorities ’instructions that health authorities impose on their citizens because your phone can communicate with the phones of many remote people. From you via bluetooth. Even when you are at home, you can get dozens of Bluetooth connections from neighbors in nearby homes.
These apps can also have devastating social impacts, especially since the corona virus test is not universal or yet guaranteed. So adding positive results can create confusion and confusion, while lack of negative results can lead to a false sense of security.
In this context, Antonio Tomárchio, CEO of Cuebiq Advertising Standards, started publishing data that shows traffic volume in different regions, and went into effect: “Therefore, any central data collection that poses a risk to privacy if a central authority relies on this character can constitute Access to information and site data is a serious threat to user privacy.
Although we made special technical efforts, we decided that technology could play an important role in reducing the spread of coronavirus in the coming days, and many governments were looking for a way to detect and reduce its spread, but found no effective vaccine against this epidemic. Unless otherwise noted, all efforts are welcome.