UK rejects Google and Apple's Coronavirus tracking app framework

The UK has decided not to use the framework proposed by tech giants Apple and Google for its NHS coronavirus contact tracing app.Despite privacy and security concerns, NHSX, the digital arm of the country's health organisation, is creating a centralised app, Mail Online reported on Tuesday.The framework proposed by Apple and Google is a decentralised one, meaning that the tracking information will not be stored in a central server.NHSX in a blog over the weekend said that it has prioritised security and privacy in all stages of the app's development, starting with the initial design, and user testing.Apple and Google have also offered their expertise to help NHSX build its own app."We have drawn on expertise from across government and industry to review our design and help test the app," NHSX

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