The coronavirus contact tracing app won’t log your location, but it will reveal who you hang out with
Roba Abbas, Katina Michael · 2020
The federal government has announced plans to introduce a contact tracing mobile app to help curb COVID-19's spread in Australia. However, rather than collecting location data directly from mobile operators, the proposed TraceTogether app will use Bluetooth technology to sense whether users who have voluntarily opted-in have come within nine metres of one another.