In record time and no wonder, because the situation establishes it, Apple and Google have already made available to anyone who wants to take advantage of it, the joint application that fights against the spread of the coronavirus. It was a simultaneous launch in 23 countries spanning the five continents. Spain for the moment, is considering its use.
Although it has had some controversy, the joint application of Apple and Google, was born with the intention of curb the spread of the coronavirus. A SARS-type virus, that is, a respiratory virus (and more) that has already claimed more than 325.000 human lives.
Countries like UK or Germany They have very different positions when using this application to track infections. Everything is one privacy issue of the data provided by the people who use the app. Although the companies involved have gone to great lengths to explain how it works, some data is still not very clear.
Apple and Google have made the application API available to anyone who wants it, so that anyone who wants it, you can implement it and create an application. This has been transmitted by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple on his Twitter account. So far it has started in 23 countries.
Technology can help health officers rapidly tell someone they may have been exposed to COVID-19. Today the Exposure Notification API we created with @Google is available to help public health agencies make their COVID-19 apps effective while protecting user privacy.
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 20, 2020
Spain has decided that it will test the application joint of the two greats. You will test the application and it will be launched as a pilot experience in the Canary Islands at the beginning of June. Although at the moment it is necessary to have the approval of Health, the Ministry that is exercising the sole command in the country since the State of Alarm was declared.
The person in charge of carrying out such a company in Spain will be the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (SEDIA). The Canary Islands have been chosen for their best evolution from a health point of view. One of the points that is being stressed is the issue of privacy. For this, it has the advice of computer scientists and cryptographers from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (Switzerland), creators of the DP3T protocol, one of the systems that allows you to create these 'apps' in a private and secure way.
