We are at the moment of de-escalation, the back to the "new normal" As some governments comment, a phase in which it is crucial to know where the Coronavirus circulates in our society. As we have been announcing, Apple and Google want to help with this, for this they have developed an API that they are providing to locate the route of the virus. Of course, many governments are reluctant to use it and today we have a new one that joins this list of countries that do not want to use the development of Apple and Google. France recognizes the good work of Apple and Google but wants to develop its own app to locate the Coronavirus among its citizens.
Well, as we say, France seems to have just joined the many countries that deny of Apple and Google technology, they know that what these companies do is good, but according to the guys from Reuters, they prefer to be the ones who carry out this type of development. We leave you with the information published by Reuters in which we see how the French government confirms the innovative and efficient nature of the API developed by Apple and Google To trace the impact of the Coronavirus, yes, as we say they refuse to use it by virtue of their own traceability system:
The contact tracker app "StopCOVID", supported by the state of FranceIt should enter its testing phase in the week of May 11, when the country begins de-escalation, a government minister said Sunday.
Digital Affairs Minister Cedric O, a member of President Emmanuel Macron's inner circle, presented the app as a key element of France's strategy to prevent coronavirus as authorities grapple with the possibility of mass testing.
The health and technological sovereignty of France ... is the freedom for our country to choose and not be limited by the choices of a large company, however innovative and efficient it may be.
In the end, it's good for tech companies to get involved to contribute in the fight against the Coronavirus, but it is understandable that it is the governments themselves that want to develop their own mechanisms and prevent third-party companies from engaging in it. And what do you think, Is it good for giants like Apple and Google to develop tracking APIs against the Coronavirus? Is it better for governments to carry out this localization of the virus in their citizens? we open debate ...
France and other countries appreciate the good work of two large technology companies such as Apple and Google but prefer to make their own application.
Thinking wrong, and that does not mean at all that it is true or that the mentioned technology companies also spy, could it not be because Apple and Google have made an app that does not enter the privacy of people and is limited only to what what is Covid-19? Could it be that the countries that this app does not convince want something more intensive of citizen control in many more fields than health control?
And I would like to add more…. What if you don't have a smartphone? Okay, nowadays practically everyone has one, but what if you don't have one? Would they force you to buy one, even if you are unemployed or in an ERTE without charging anything and that expense was impossible because you hardly have to eat?