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Re:Apple releases new Covid-19 app and website based on CDC ... by Shank on Friday March 27, 2020 @01:07PM (#22704646)
That's the case. The only way that they would get this is through a research study with explicit consent/opt-in.
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Re:Apple releases new Covid-19 app and website based on CDC ... by dogma1138 on Friday March 27, 2020 @01:12PM (#22704705)
With the current legal limitations yes, but even with an opt-in they likely would get enough data to be valuable to researchers especially if people also opt-in to share location data.
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