We've been seeing news for a few days about the launch or not for an application made by Apple and Google or jointly created to follow users through Covid-19. Well, how could it be otherwise in the United Kingdom they planted themselves arguing that the app they were developing for their new National Health Service (NHSX) was something they would eventually use but now according to some illegal sources be able to fix it
The Financial Times reported on an agreement between the technical division of the National Health Service and the I.T. to investigate the "feasibility" of using the Apple and Google Covid-19 exposure Notification API. This research was confirmed by an NHSX platform itself, and although it is true that the United Kingdom did not like the app from two tech giants initially, it will now be more widely accepted as it provides users information. storing data on devices
But Apple and the Google API can be used directly on a smartphone operating system, which avoids many security issues as well great use battery. Governments that do not use this system may have difficulties in their operations due to external problems and this is avoided by a technical tool. In addition, according to reports, another failure is that the NHS tool does not allow cell phones to use a tracking system when calls are closed and will not be used for long.
All of this is summarized by the UK government and their National Health Service using this shared resource Covid-19 adoption technology because it looks like they offer more benefits than bad ones. We'll see what happens eventually.
