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tsga Author

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I do not want to be “tracked/traced” by way of my iPhone; how can I prevent this, please?

I do not want to be “tracked/traced” by way of my iPhone; how do I avoid that, please?

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 10:24 AM

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KiltedTim

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Posted on Jun 16, 2020 10:36 AM

The COVID-19 contact tracing API in iOS 13 does NOT track you by default. It is there so that developers can build contact tracing applications. In order to be tracked using that, you would have to download a tracking app and manually enable the API. It is disabled by default.

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