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The Scramble to Create COVID-19 Apps

Michelle Quinn

   OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - It's a race against time.

   As communities start to open, governments are rushing to put together
   smartphone apps that can be part of their arsenal to curtail the spread
   of COVID-19.

   But the apps -- and the technologies they rely on -- vary, and for many
   that has led to confusion about what to expect.

   "It's overwhelming how many proposals are coming out," Gennie Gebhart,
   associate director of research at the Electronic Frontier Foundation
   (EFF), said. "There's total alphabet soup of different acronyms, of
   different technologies. And it's hard to understand exactly what is
   what. And I think that's because it's still early days."

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