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The novel approach could help public health authorities focus their contact tracing and quarantine efforts on those at greater risk of infection.
Device owners in participating states will soon receive enrollment notifications, while public health authorities may automatically have Exposure Notification apps generated for them.
Companies are collaborating to extend the reach of Bluetooth exposure notification systems beyond smartphones.
Exposure Notification tools are supporting apps live in 16 countries and are also being explored by 20 U.S. states and territories, Google announced.
Google says that the apps don't have user access to location data, but health bodies using the technology for their digital tools still aren't pleased.
The in-development system foregoes GPS tracking and other identifying data collection methods in its effort to automate labor-intensive COVID-19 contact tracing.
Privacy & Security
"SweynTooth" impacts several microchip and medical device manufacturers, and could allow bad actors to wirelessly crash or access these products, according to the agency.
Glooko, which makes a cable that syncs popular glucose meters to a companion app on smartphones, has always said it plans eventually to replace that cable with a wireless Bluetooth connection.