Apple-Google Virus-Tracking Rules Put Apps in a Privacy Bind
- Governments’ own systems encounter mobile-software obstacles
- Tech giants’ Exposure Notification project limits data sharing
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From France to Australia to North Dakota, government apps designed to help authorities track and slow the spread of Covid-19 are struggling to accomplish their goals because of restrictions on data collection built into smartphones by Apple Inc. and Google.