Belgium launches coronavirus contact tracing app

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1 pointfrans3 comments

The application needs 15 percent of Belgians to sign up for it to provide first results. I wonder if we get to that 15% soon.

I'm wondering why they didn't just copy the open source German Corona app that had a security audit and works the exact same way.

That way we could trace contacts in two countries that border on each other. The more countries we get in the same app, the better.

From the FAQ:

Q: Does Coronalert also work abroad? A:

Possibly in the near future.

Coronalert is built on the European open standard DP3T (Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing). In many countries, including Germany, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland, similar apps are already active, which can technically work with Coronalert. A European hub for exchanging information on Covid-19 infections is currently under construction. Only when the European exchange node will be active, you should be able to use Coronalert in several countries, or detect a contact with foreign app users in Belgium.

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