COVID-19 TRACKING APPS

ABOUT THE APPS

• Many companies world wide are trying to come up with a solution
• Privacy concerns
• Can trace peoples contacts
• Involves GPS
• Using Bluetooth
• 60% of people in an area need the app for it to be effective
• If you have a confirmed case, you or a hospital staff member will report it to the app

HOW THE APPS WORK

THIS ARTICLE IS FROM NFK

LENSES

CIVIC LENS

• Privacy
• Government has access to info

GEOGRAPHIC LENS

• GPS
• Where people go
• In geographic places

CULTURAL LENS

• Tracks what people do
• Personal information
• Some of your life
• Life could go back to “normal” more quickly

THE AUTHORS PURPOSE

WHY DID I CHOSE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS ARTICLE?

• I am fascinated in what they can accomplish
• What tech can do to save other people’s lives
• I thought it was cool in what tech could do to help with COVID-19

WHY THIS IS NEWSWORTHY/WHY SHOULD OTHERS CARE ABOUT THIS

• Protecting people
• High potential
• Experiment
• People’s privacy
• Care about how other people feel
• Could help COVID-19
• Could eventually save lives

ANY QUESTIONS