Privacy and tracing apps

The World

Public health officials around the world are trying to track and trace the spread of the coronavirus. Singapore has an app for that — everyone in the city-state of 5 million is being pushed to download the app that keeps track of everyone with whom they’ve had contact. The World’s Patrick Winn has the story. 

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