In Washington, your phone can now tell if you may have been exposed to Covid-19

loeg · on Nov 30, 2020

core-questions · on Nov 30, 2020

It's a little disingenuous to say "your phone can tell" - it's some big government information service that is telling.

Can one opt out of being tracked on this stuff?

verdverm · on Nov 30, 2020

Iphone users should search for “Exposure Notifications” to enable the system on their phones while Android users can download the app.

Turn off Wifi, Bluetooth, and NFC for good measure, generally speaking. Only turn on when using.

loeg · on Nov 30, 2020

> It's a little disingenuous to say "your phone can tell" - it's some big government information service that is telling.

It's just the Apple-Google BLE token scheme.

> Can one opt out of being tracked on this stuff?

It's opt-in.