The COVIDSafe app will identify anyone who may have encountered a coronavirus infected person and alert them. 9News
The registration process also asks for a name, but Health minister Greg Hunt said you can use a fake name if you hold privacy concerns.
Registration also asks for an age range so that officials can prioritise people at greater risk, such as the medically vulnerable and elderly. It will also record the strength of the Bluetooth signal of the other person you came into contact with. This will be logged every two hours by the national COVIDSafe data store.A partnership with messaging service WhatsApp has also been launched, so people can receive and request information.
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