contact tracing apps
Proximity notification software
Contact tracing apps are smartphone applications designed to track potential exposure to infectious disease, most prominently deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
They use Bluetooth or location data to log proximity to other users, then notify people who may have been near someone who later tests positive.
Privacy concerns centered on surveillance and data collection limited adoption in many countries.
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- exposureState of being unprotected
- notificationFormal notice given
- BluetoothShort-range wireless protocol
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Unknown identity state
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