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      Did Apple & Google Silently Installed COVID-19 Tracker on Your Phone ? | 2YODOINDIA

      HI FRIENDS,

      Many people are forwarding a message on WhatsApp and social media platforms claiming that a COVID-19 exposure sensor has been silently “inserted into every phone.”

      The message is actually referring to the COVID-19 contact tracing system that Apple and Google have jointly built to enable exposure notification on both Android and iPhone devices.

      This doesn’t mean that a tracker has been install to track your location or any other details.

      As per the message that has widely spread on WhatsApp,

      The COVID-19 exposure sensor has been installed on every single Android and iPhone device.

      The message says that it becomes functional once Bluetooth is switch on.

      You’ll find similar messages on platforms including Facebook .

      हर फोन में COVID -19 सेंसर लगाया गया है। यदि आपके पास Android phone है तो सेटिंग में Google पर क्लिक करे वहां आपको…

      Posted by 2yodoindia on Monday, 29 June 2020

      The message is notably a half-truth as although both Apple and Google are working on the COVID-19 contact tracing solution,

      An app hasn’t been installed on your smartphone without your permission.

      There is indeed the debut of a new service in the Google settings menu on Android devices that is meant for “COVID-19 exposure notifications.”

      Upon tapping that service, You’ll find that Google hasn’t installed any new app on your phone silently.

      You’ll need a participating app to turn on the newly available COVID-19 exposure notifications.

      There are various governments that have built or are building participating apps using the new exposure notification system,

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      Though the Indian government isn’t a part of that group.

      Similar is the case with iPhone as Apple add the COVID-19 Exposure Logging option to iOS 13.5 last month,

      But that also doesn’t mean that an app or service has been installed silently on your device.

      You can’t enable COVID-19 Exposure Notifications until you have a particularly app installed on your phone.

      Apple and Google have provided the base framework on iOS and Android to enable the COVID-19 exposure notifications,

      That framework in itself is useless with an app to utilise that.

      Apple and Google do have plans to provide coronavirus-related contact tracing without requiring a dedicated app.

      That would still be an optional feature.

      It is important to note that the current system in place doesn’t do anything without your permission,

      And no one is able to install a COVID-19 tracker to your device remotely.

      THANK YOU FOR READING.

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