How To Check If Your iPhone or Android Is Secretly A Coronavirus Tracker
How To Check If Your iPhone Is
Secretly A Coronavirus Tracker
by Tyler Durden Sat, 06/20/2020 - 07:44
If you downloaded the latest iOS
update back in May, and any following updates, then congratulations...your
COVID-19 infection status will likely soon be tracked by state health officials
as part of each state's contact tracing efforts.
Many iPhone users across the US have over the past few days
started to notice a new setting under the "privacy" subtab of the
iPhone health app. It looks like this, and allows users to "toggle
on" COVID-19 exposure logging.
It's all thanks to the latest update of Apple's iOS operating
system for iPhone, iOS13.5.
Some on twitter have only just noticed the toggle button, and we
must note that it appears to have been quietly installed by Apple in recent
days.
A similar setting has been installed on Android
phones.
Some users questioned whether Apple will truly
respect their privacy regarding their COVID-19 status, or whether they've
interacted with anyone who has the virus...or maybe even just passed them on
the street or in the supermarket.
This is happening even as evidence suggests
that most patients are infected by someone who either lives in, or frequently
shares, the same space as them. Are you awake yet?
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