{"id":16408,"date":"2020-04-27T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T04:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2020\/04\/australias-covidsafe-contact-tracing-app-already-has-more-than-a-million-downloads\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T09:30:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T04:30:25","slug":"australias-covidsafe-contact-tracing-app-already-has-more-than-a-million-downloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2020\/04\/27\/australias-covidsafe-contact-tracing-app-already-has-more-than-a-million-downloads\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s COVIDSafe contact tracing app already has more than a million downloads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"NY0iVz\">Australia released the Corona Virus Contact Tracking app on Sunday, recording over a million downloads in just a few hours, the BBC reported. With COVIDSafe, when devices come within 5 feet of each other, they perform a &quot;digital handshake&quot; to notify users if they have been in contact with an infected person for more than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"geui9T\">Australia&#39;s voluntary app is based on Singapore&#39;s TraceTogether software and uses Bluetooth and stored contact data. <em>Reuters<\/em> Reported. The government said that the app does not collect location data and that infected people must agree to share the data.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"FeBGw1\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"G7MNGQ\">The Australian government says that only health authorities can access data stored in their apps, and it is legally impossible for other authorities to access the data.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BGobE6\">Earlier this month, Apple and Google announced a framework for developing distributed contact tracking apps. The information is anonymous and the company has promised to disable the service in the event of a virus. No country has yet signed using this particular framework. Missouri Senate Josh Hawley forced the company&#39;s CEO to take personal responsibility for the data collected as part of the project.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"ObSn4p\">Germany announced on Sunday that it is shifting toward developing contact racing apps that use a decentralized architecture that is better suited to Apple and Google&#39;s approach. <em>Reuters<\/em> Reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia released the Corona Virus Contact Tracking app on Sunday, recording over a million downloads in just a few hours, the BBC reported. 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