Category: centralized

UK will begin testing its COVID-19 tracking app this week

[ad_1] As previously reported, the UK will break from the Apple-Google “decentralized” approach. Instead, the NHS’s technology group NHSX chose a centralized model, in which a list of contacts made via Bluetooth signals will be stored on users’ devices as anonymous tokens. If a user has symptoms or tests positive, the contacts can be submitted […]

UK’s NHS won’t use Apple-Google approach to COVID-19 tracking

[ad_1] Another potential drawback, is that the centralized approach may eat up more power. Apple’s solution lets the contact tracing happen in the background, but the UK’s app has to be woken up every time the device detects another nearby device running the same software, BBC explains. By choosing the centralized approach, the NHS is […]