The U.K. has ditched its custom-built, centralized digital contact-tracing app. Instead, it says that the NHSX technology group, which has been building the app, will create a new one. The government will now embrace the approach that has long been advocated by numerous leading scientists and researchers: Building an app that stores data in a decentralized, privacy-preserving manner. By doing so, the government will also meet privacy criteria laid down by Apple and Google, which have been found to correctly detect iPhones and Android devices 99% of the time.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/britain-makes-u-turn-on-digital-contact-tracing-app-p-2909