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The discussions surrounding the planned Corona tracing apps remain a hot topic - understandable, after all, there is a lot at stake. Now there is new information about the EU's demands. There are also new details about the German version of the app.
According to a new Reuters report, Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, has called on Apple to make contact tracing functional on iOS. In a conversation with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Breton is said to have called for the relaxation of security features in iOS. We have already reported on this, according to which France does not want to wait for the interface planned by Apple and Google. Side note: The iOS security feature does not allow third-party applications to have an active Bluetooth connection in the background. In the Reuters report is it [called:
EU industry chief Thierry Breton told Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday that he should ensure that mobile apps designed to limit the spread of coronaviruses work on his iPhones and other devices.
Apple is also fighting a French government demand to change privacy settings on iPhones to make them compatible with France's planned contact tracing app.
Paris wants the future app to be detectable via Bluetooth even when it's not active. However, Apple's policy prevents apps that transmit data via Bluetooth from running in the background.
Germany wants central storage of data
At the same time, it was confirmed that the API provided by Apple and Google will be released on April 28 and made available to developers. While France has its own goals regarding the Corona tracing app pursued, movement is also coming into play here. The Handelsblatt reported that the German government is in talks with Apple. The subject of the conversation is the interface. According to the current report, the app is due to be released by the end of May. The aim, however, is for the data to be stored centrally. The German government's reason for this demand is that decentralized storage of data - i.e. on individual devices - would mean that in an emergency the federal government would have to demand that Apple or Google release the data. According to the federal government, however, this is not the point. (Photo by Unimagic / Bigstockphoto)
