Singapore Contact Trace App is Opt-In ‘as Long as Possible’

Singapore’s contact-tracing phone app, “Trace Together,” will remain voluntary for “as long as possible,” Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in an interview with Sky News Australia.

“It is a hybrid system based on public support, keeping public trust, and maintaining privacy,” Balakrishnan said, according to the ministry’s transcript of the interview published online Friday. “I think it is very important to have those features, because otherwise contact tracing will not work.”