Reply to post: Re: Use an API tailored to the task

No surprise: Britain ditches central database model for virus contact-tracing apps in favour of Apple-Google API

ibmalone

Re: Use an API tailored to the task

All it's needed to do is tell if people have been in closish proximity for some length of time. Of course it will generate false positives, it's a precautionary measure to help reduce transmission of a pretty hard to eradicate virus.

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