I often use this column to warn about the dangers of apps that track you. This time, I’m going to recommend you actually install one.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
I downloaded America’s first coronavirus exposure app. You should too.
Bluetooth ‘exposure-notification’ apps such as Virginia’s Covidwise aren’t much of a privacy risk. But we won’t know if they’re useful until many more people try them.
Review by Geoffrey A. Fowler
August 18, 2020 at 4:53 p.m. EDT