Did everyone notice iOS now has Covid-19 tracking?

Question

I didn&rsquo;t realize that this had been added. I don&rsquo;t have automatic updates on but it seems to have shown up anyways, under Settings > Privacy > Health.Looks like it&rsquo;s set to off by default.

throwaway851 · Accepted Answer

If you want to know how it works, you can find the API spec here:Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracinghttps://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing/

rurban · Answer

Needed for Low Energy Bluetooth support for the various Covid-19 apps.And while they were there, they've also added a centralized tracking id, so that the apps don't need to do decentralized tracking, and can bullshit you about less privacy.

catacombs · Answer

This has been in the news for a while now. Good on Apple to disable the tracking by default.

Did everyone notice iOS now has Covid-19 tracking?

I didn’t realize that this had been added. I don’t have automatic updates on but it seems to have shown up anyways, under Settings > Privacy > Health.
Looks like it’s set to off by default.

If you want to know how it works, you can find the API spec here:
Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing
https://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing/

Needed for Low Energy Bluetooth support for the various Covid-19 apps.
And while they were there, they've also added a centralized tracking id, so that the apps don't need to do decentralized tracking, and can bullshit you about less privacy.

This has been in the news for a while now. Good on Apple to disable the tracking by default.