Documents show the UK may re-engineer its contact-tracing app to work with Google and Apple's technology

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• The UK may rebuild its controversial contact-tracing app on Apple and Google's contact-tracing tech, a government contact seen by Business Insider shows.
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• The UK previously said it would not use the specially-released Apple-Google API as it would mean promising to keep user data decentralized.
• Not using the tech giants' API has thrown up technical challenges which could make the app less effective.
• The NHS is currently undergoing a trial on the Isle of Wight, and the government wants to roll it out nationwide in two to three weeks.
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Documents show that the UK might jettison its approach to its controversial contact-tracing app, and re-engineer the app to function on technology provided by Apple and Google.

In contrast to much of Europe, the UK has built and launched a contact-tracing app that is not based on an API from Apple and Google specifically for contact-tracing. The singular approach has alarmed experts and raised questions about whether the app will work properly and whether it is sufficiently private and secure.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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