User identity is not shared with other users, Apple or Google as part of this process. If at some point you are positively diagnosed with COVID-19, God forbid, then you can report that diagnosis within the app, and with your consent your beacons will then be added to the positive diagnosis list. Only public health authorities will have access to this technology and their apps must meet specific criteria around privacy, security, and data control. If you haven’t already downloaded an official public health authority app then you will be prompted to download the appropriate official app and advised on next steps. If, later on, someone you’ve been next to tests positive for Covid-19, then a match is detected and you will be notified. The system will send out and listen for these Bluetooth beacons, but without requiring an app to be installed. With iOS 13.7, the iPhone can now, if you opt in to this, spot when you have encounters where you are less than 6 feet away from others by your phones swapping encrypted tokens. MORE FROM FORBES Apple Watch And iPhone Make You 76% More Attractive On Dating Apps - Is That All? By David Phelanīut, you might ask, don’t you still need the health authority app? Here’s how it works.
It will provide simpler deployment of regional exposure notifications by Public Health Authorities, without the need to develop or maintain a custom app.
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This update now puts the Exposure Notification Express capability into iOS itself. After all, for systems like these to work, they need strong take-up. When it was first announced, Apple and Google said that later in the summer they’d be updating things so the exposure tracing would be built into iOS or Android, so a step was taken out of the process. The downside to this system is it means it requires a determined user to ensure they have the right app before they can benefit.