'NOVID': CMU Professor Creates Anonymous Coronavirus Contact Tracing App

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NOVID is the first major anonymous contact tracing app to use ultrasound and bluetooth technology to accurately gauge the distance between people.

Po-Shen Loh is an associate math professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He came up with the idea of NOVID, then mobilized a team of researchers to make it happen.

You don’t have to identify yourself in any way. It generates what’s called a random user identifier. The app will pick up someone else near you using NOVID, but you won’t know who that person is.

NOVID is available to download in the app store and Google Play.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/novid-cmu-professor-creates-anonymous-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app/ar-BB13ZMZF?ocid=msedgntp