Australia's coronavirus tracing app has been released as the nation seeks to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic.
Australia's coronavirus tracing app, dubbed COVIDSafe, has been released as the nation seeks to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic.
People who download the app will be asked to supply a name, which can be a pseudonym, their age range, a mobile number and post code. Using Bluetooth technology, the app"pings" or exchanges a"digital handshake" with another user when they come within 1.5 metres of each other, and then logs this contact and encrypts it.
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