France complains Apple’s Bluetooth privacy policy is blocking their COVID-19 contact-tracing plan
Apple’s iOS and iPadOS operating systems prevents contact-tracing apps using its Bluetooth technology from running constantly in the background if that data is going to be moved off of the device, a limit designed to protect users’ privacy. The limitation is standing in the way of a government contact-tracing app that France wants to build, Digital Minister Cedric O said.
Here’s an illustration of how the Apple – Google coronavirus contact tracing is proposed to work:
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