The MILA Institute (Canada) announces the launch of a smartphone application to combat the spread of COVID-19.
The application, similar to other initiatives around the world, uses Bluetooth to detect proxies. It is intended to help stem the spread of the epidemic as part of a relaxation of travel and activity restrictions.
According to Valérie Pisano, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute, the application respects the protection of privacy: These data are collected from a pool of 400 to 700 people, so the level of accuracy is vague..
For Noémie Levain, lawyer of La Quadrature du Net : From a moral point of view, it is a way of gaining acceptance for a surveillance tool by selling it as a remedy against the pandemic, when it must also be accompanied by a policy of massive testing. .
Source: Radio Canada
Translated from En bref : COVID-19 - l'institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle MILA lance une application
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