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A hoax text message claiming to come from the government's newly launched coronavirus app is circulating online. 9News

A hoax text message claiming to come from the government's newly launched coronavirus app is circulating online.

Off the back of privacy concerns about the data the app may collect, a fake message telling users they have been detected too far from their home has been circulating.

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