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In recent weeks, you have read many times in our magazine about the declaration of a software war against coronavirus. AppleGoogle me. These companies have started working on the tools that have the power to overcome the world's biggest scarecrow of today. At first, it will be a matter of slight adaptation of operating systems and the release of tools for developers of applications to fight the coronavirus, which can be better integrated into the systems, and later the companies will also come up with their own solutions. However, customizing the system is of course a much simpler matter and will therefore come first. How it will look to us Apple showed in the fourth beta released yesterday iOS 13.5, whose live release is expected in about two weeks. 

To settings iOS On 13.5, a new subsection dedicated to the coronavirus notification system will be added to the Health section. It will contain both a switch that will allow you to enable Bluetooth data sharing about your device with your surroundings, and a list of applications from which the phone will draw data. Third-party applications, such as the domestic eRouška, will be absolutely crucial for the functionality, since it will initially be based only on them. Once then Apple will introduce its own software solution, users will be able to use only that without the need to install third-party applications. 

In principle very simple

The principle of the entire "smart mobile quarantine" system is absolutely simple. The main role in it will be played by applications - whether third-party or later native - in which, in the case of permission from the user, all devices from the surrounding area that are somehow detected with their device via Bluetooth will be recorded. This data will then be able to help hygienists contact potentially infected users in the event that the disease is proven in the user of the application - if, of course, the user agrees to use it. It is important to note that only contacts with devices (whose IDs will of course hide users, but will be visible only to hygienists) will be recorded, along with their intensity based on the distance of the devices from each other and the duration. Location records will not be stored, as they are completely useless as a result. However, the alpha and omega of the whole system is the involvement of as many people as possible, because only then will it be possible to trace all or at least most of the meetings through technology. 

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