Did anyone imagine the possibility of seeing the Apple logo next to Google? Did anyone imagine a truce between two of the most important technology companies in the world? The impact that the Coronavirus is having on society is making us see unusual things like the image that you can see on these lines. And is that Apple has teamed up with Google to create a traceability system to help authorities trace the route of the Coronavirus and alert us when we are in danger. Of course, Apple has made it clear, they will not compromise the privacy of the users at any time, our consent will always be necessary when monitoring our location.
The most important thing of all is that governments will not be able to activate this on our mobile devices, everything is at the user's request, so no one can (or should not be able to) reach us 24 hours a day. Once we accept this traceability, our devices will communicate with others based on Bluetooth connections.. This system will alert us when we have been in close contact with someone who is positive for Coronavirus. Of course, to prevent everyone from registering as positive and the system collapsing, It will be necessary to scan a QR that will facilitate us after having tested positive. A system that in principle is designed for the United States but that could be exported to more countries.
Una great initiative over which privacy prevails, and the fact is that in recent weeks the privacy offered by these location systems, and the use that governments make of them, has been questioned a lot. Is to return to debate again, on whether governments should have access to "our life" to avoid a bigger problemIn this case the contagion, or if measures such as confinement should be sufficient to avoid the problem.