Contact tracing app could be used by prankster to make hundreds of people isolate unnecessarily, experts warn

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Contact tracing app could be used by prankster to make hundreds of people isolate unnecessarily, experts warn
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A planned NHS app for tracing the contacts of Covid19 patients could be used by pranksters to set off false alerts making hundreds of people isolate unnecessarily, experts have warned

A planned NHS app for tracing the contacts of Covid-19 patients could be used by pranksters to set off false alerts making hundreds of people isolate unnecessarily, experts have warned.

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