Have Apple And Google Suddenly Uploaded A COVID-19 Tracking App To Your Phone? The Facts Behind The Furor 2020

Apparently, after hearing the voices of complaints on social media that Apple or Google has suddenly uploaded the COVID-19 tracking app on their phone without any permission. This is exactly what happened.

If you've bombarded your Facebook or Twitter apps with just messages from people warning that Apple or Google has suddenly and stealthily installed a tracking app on their phone in Covid 19, And you should check yourself if you are not alone.

I am sorry to disappoint those readers who are waiting for a good old fuss about the state that the state is violating their right to privacy or expecting to fuel another conspiracy theory. Has been Neither Apple nor Google has uploaded an app to your smartphone without your permission. No stealth and automated tracking app installed.

Yes, now my Android smartphone has an entry at the top of Google settings, for example, which says: "COVID-19 display notifications."

No, that doesn't mean an app is installed. In fact, if I have to click on this entry, it will take me to a screen that tells me that I have to install or uninstall the participating app to activate the display notifications.

So, what is installed? This is nothing to look at here because what has happened in previous Android or iOS updates is that the application programming interface (API) that will enable display notifications at work has been added. This is not an app. This is the framework within the operating system that will allow such an app to work once it becomes available and if you decide to install it.

Apple and Google released a joint statement on May 20. "What we've created is not an app - public health organizations will add this API to their own apps that people install. Our technology is designed to make these apps work.

In a nutshell, after that: no one can or will not install a CoVID-19 tracking app on your phone. At this point, you will have to agree to multiple permissions to operate the application efficiently. As you were, there is nothing to see here.