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Whose smartphone is it?

Published: 24 August 2021 Publication History

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Should two private companies have complete control over the world's cellphones?

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[1]
Apple and Google update joint coronavirus tracing tech to improve user privacy and developer flexibility. TechCrunch (Apr. 24, 2020); https://tcrn.ch/3r60AhK
[2]
Apple vs. HEY; https://hey.com/apple/
[3]
Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing. (May 25, 2020); https://bit.ly/3r68WGl
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Exposure Notification API launches to support public health agencies. (May 20, 2020); https://bit.ly/3B0UT9t
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Facebook. Microsoft gripes with Apple's App Store on EU's antitrust radar. Reuters (Aug. 10, 2020); https://reut.rs/3ra85El
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Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing. (May 20, 2020); https://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing
[7]
Tech companies tried to help us spend less time on our phones. It didn't work. Vox Recode, (Jan. 6, 2020); https://bit.ly/3wG92FL

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 64, Issue 9
September 2021
107 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/3483634
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Published: 24 August 2021
Published in CACM Volume 64, Issue 9

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