BERLIN: Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus ...
BERLIN: Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus infection, the German developers of a smartphone app said on Tuesday.
"We do not think it is the best solution that Google and Apple own the server on which all the contacts plus the medical status of citizens around the world are uploaded," Teicke, founder and chief executive of insurance tech firm Wefox Group, told Reuters. The rare collaboration between the two Silicon Valley giants comes as attempts are being made to repurpose Bluetooth wireless technology to support smartphone apps that could measure whether individuals have been in close enough contact to transmit coronavirus.Such apps could help enable a shift away from economically disruptive lockdowns and towards issuing more targeted warnings to those at risk to see a doctor or self-isolate.
One such centralized platform in development - the German-led Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing - would support national contact tracing apps that could 'talk' to each other across borders.
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