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20 April 2020updated 19 May 2021 5:37pm

Inside the rivalry between the two groups vying to develop Europe’s contact tracing apps

By Oscar Williams

The European Commission has called for a pan-European approach to contact tracing apps that track the spread of coronavirus across borders. But questions over what form such technology should take have stoked a fierce debate in the privacy community and an intense rivalry between the two groups leading its development. 

On Friday, Laurie Clarke spoke to the high profile defectors driving the debate. Read her exclusive report for NS Tech here.

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