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What to know about COVID tracing apps – Boing Boing
I have a group chat with some high school friends, who were recently talking about the COVID Alert CT App, a new voluntary state-sponsored COVID contact tracing…
I have a group chat with some high school friends, who were recently talking about the COVID Alert CT App, a new voluntary state-sponsored COVID contact tracing option. Here’s how it works, according to the Hartford Courant:
The app uses Bluetooth to detect when another person with the same app comes within 6 feet. Your phone exchanges a secure random code with the other phone to record that they were near. If the app senses that you’ve been with 6 feet of someone for a total of 15 minutes or more…
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