The European initiative, called Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT https://www.pepp-pt.org), follows the successful use of smartphones in some Asian countries to track the spread of the virus and enforce quarantine orders, although their methods would violate strict European data protection rules. “I would of course also be prepared to use it myself to help other people,” the conservative leader told reporters. It would log connections made between smartphones on a device, rather than a central server, for two weeks, using strong encryption. It has recruited volunteers from the German army to measure how different smartphone brands communicate with each other. Sascha Gartenbach, founder and chief executive of via, said the Healthy Together group was in touch with PEPP-PT on collaborating.

Source: The Express Tribune April 02, 2020 09:56 UTC