“Tonight we are here together to roll out innovations,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday. “When it comes to stopping Covid in its tracks,” he said, “information is power.”
The mayor then went on to announce a new initiative with a private company called Citizen that would use the company’s app, installed on residents’ cell phones, to track their contacts and movements and alert them of any potential Covid exposure.
The app is called SafePass and it pledges to track your movements anonymously using Bluetooth technology.
From the SafePass website:
SafePass is your daily destination for Covid-related alerts and activity, including your exposure to people who tested positive, meaningful contact that increases your risk, test results, test locations, and symptom tracking. Enable contact tracing and know exactly when and where you got exposed to Covid-19.
“Everyone’s information remains anonymous and encrypted,” said L.A. County Supervisor Katheryn Barger.
The mayor then went on to announce a new initiative with a private company called Citizen that would use the company’s app, installed on residents’ cell phones, to track their contacts and movements and alert them of any potential Covid exposure.
The app is called SafePass and it pledges to track your movements anonymously using Bluetooth technology.
From the SafePass website:
SafePass is your daily destination for Covid-related alerts and activity, including your exposure to people who tested positive, meaningful contact that increases your risk, test results, test locations, and symptom tracking. Enable contact tracing and know exactly when and where you got exposed to Covid-19.
“Everyone’s information remains anonymous and encrypted,” said L.A. County Supervisor Katheryn Barger.
- 9/10/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
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