Application notifies you if you passed by someone with coronavirus; Check out!

The application Private Kit: Safe Paths, developed in U.S, tracks where a person has been and can tell you if they crossed paths with someone infected with the new coronavirus. The tool is free and open source, but it is not yet available in Brazil.

In order to use the application, it is necessary to share personal and location data. In this way, the application works as a network of encrypted location information, so that users' privacy is maintained.

The data is not checked by a government institution. Even so, a person diagnosed with the virus You can report your location details to health officials if you wish.

The app was developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, and by software engineers from companies like Facebook and Uber.

According to Ramesh Raskar, leader of the team that developed the Private Kit: Safe Paths

, a more refined tracing approach would be ideal. Thus, specific places could be indicated to be closed and disinfected, an alternative that, in his view, is better than general stoppages.

Raskar also warns that the application does not bring complete data, which can generate a false sense of security. As he points out, the app can trick users into believing they are in safe places. when they are not, as the application indicates where the person infected with the virus has been, not where it's going.

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