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Coronavirus: App, Germany chooses the Google-Apple system
Decentralized approach, opposite to that chosen by the UK
29 April, 14:48
(ANSA) - ROMA, 29 APR - Germany supports the technology
proposed by Apple and Google for the covid safe tracking app,
therefore preferring a 'decentralized' approach. According to
Reuters online, Helge Braun, a doctor, and minister of the
German Federal Chancellery, along with Jens Spahn, Health
minister, reported in a joint statement that Germany would adopt
a decentralized approach. A decision that goes in the opposite
direction to that taken by the British Health Service (NHS)
which will use its centralized tracking system. The approach of
Apple and Google seems to offer more guarantees in terms of
privacy and also simplifies the developers' work thanks to
specific programming interfaces (API) that help the activation
of the tracking contacts for both iPhone and Android devices.
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