The claim that all Android smartphone users have been automatically signed up for a COVID-19 app is partly false.
New mobile contact tracing technology aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19 has prompted claims on social media that Google automatically updated all Android devices with a tracing app.reads,"Android users BEWARE, google automatically signed you up to COVID-19 tracing app."
The claim follows reports that public health officials and technology companies are working on contact tracing methods to identify people who have been near someone infected with the coronavirus. Similar claims appeared on social media platforms in May — and haveThe user who shared the post did not respond to USA TODAY for comment.that contact tracing is a key strategy for COVID-19 prevention because it aims to identify and notify those who may have been exposed.
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