Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
This virus is harmful and to some extends it causes death too. This virus spread due to droplets when an infected person coughs, exhale, or sneezes. You
can be infected if you breathe within proximity of human who is suffering from
COVID-19. Moreover, if you touch a tainted surface and then your eyes, nose,
or mouth. To deal with this pandemic techno giants Google and Apple have announced that they are building the system that will protect the world.
On Friday, Apple and Google announced software to track the spread of coronavirus. This system depends on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) transmissions and approved apps from health organizations. This system would use short-range Bluetooth communications to establish a voluntary contact-tracing network. Applications of public health authority will get data from the same. People can declare if they diagnosed with the COVID-19. This system also lets you know about the close contact of coronavirus positive person.
Two techno giants will introduce APIs in mid-May to add support to health authorities’ apps. These official applications will be available soon on respect app stores for the public use. However, they won't stop after making APIs. They are planning to build a robust solution to fight with this global pandemic. Apple and Google will work to enable a broader Bluetooth-based contact tracing platform by building this functionality into the underlying platforms.
Expertise from the glob has urged to the world that contact tracing system could potentially be used as a surveillance tool once the pandemic is over. But some of them are concerned with the security and effectiveness of the Bluetooth tracking system.
The owner of the two most popular mobile operating systems has said privacy will be central to their building process. "Privacy, transparency, and consent are of utmost importance in this effort," the companies said in their statement. "We will openly publish information about our work for others to analyze."
On Friday, Apple and Google announced software to track the spread of coronavirus. This system depends on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) transmissions and approved apps from health organizations. This system would use short-range Bluetooth communications to establish a voluntary contact-tracing network. Applications of public health authority will get data from the same. People can declare if they diagnosed with the COVID-19. This system also lets you know about the close contact of coronavirus positive person.
Two techno giants will introduce APIs in mid-May to add support to health authorities’ apps. These official applications will be available soon on respect app stores for the public use. However, they won't stop after making APIs. They are planning to build a robust solution to fight with this global pandemic. Apple and Google will work to enable a broader Bluetooth-based contact tracing platform by building this functionality into the underlying platforms.
Expertise from the glob has urged to the world that contact tracing system could potentially be used as a surveillance tool once the pandemic is over. But some of them are concerned with the security and effectiveness of the Bluetooth tracking system.
The owner of the two most popular mobile operating systems has said privacy will be central to their building process. "Privacy, transparency, and consent are of utmost importance in this effort," the companies said in their statement. "We will openly publish information about our work for others to analyze."
Companies are not going to use the physical location of users. It would tap the signal of nearby phones at every 5 minutes of interval and stores the data of the connection in the database. This database will help them to find,
whether they have been too infected person or not.
