U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus

U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus

The U.S. government is in active talks with Facebook, Google and a wide array of tech companies and health experts about how they can use data gleaned from Americans’ phones to combat the novel coronavirus, including tracking whether people are keeping one another at safe distances to stem the outbreak. U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus
Source: Washington Post Tech