France’s COVID-19 tracing app expected to enter testing soon

France’s state-supported ’StopCOVID’ contact-tracing app is likely to enter its testing phase in the week of May 11. Similarly to others among Europe, France has chosen the short-range Bluetooth ’handshakes’ between devices as the best approach, rejecting the alternative of using location data pursued by some countries in Asia which have raised privacy concerns.

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