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COVID-19 Apps Are A Tradeoff For Privacy

This April 28, 2020, photo shows a smartphone app built for the state of Utah displaying coronavirus test sites. The app tracks symptoms and shares location data for contact tracing, the process of determining who might have been exposed to the virus. The app is Òa tool to help jog the memory of the person who is positive so we can more readily identify where theyÕve been, who theyÕve been in contact with, if they choose to allow that,Ó said Angela Dunn, UtahÕs state epidemiologist. (AP Photo/Lindsay Whitehurst)

As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to…

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