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How Apple and Google let your phone warn you if you've been exposed to the coronavirus while protecting your privacy

  • Written by Johannes Becker, Doctoral student in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University
imageExposure notification systems alert people when they've been exposed to the coronavirus but don't record the information.AleksandarGeorgiev/E+ via Getty Images

Virginia has enabled app-less COVID-19 exposure notification services for iPhone users, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Washington, Wisconsin...

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