Based on the feedback resulted from the #euvsvirus hackathon we added more questions to the Frequently Asked Questions section. Thank you all for your feedback and if you have more to question feel free to address them to hello@theblueshield.net:
- When true contact is made ?
The algorithm encloses two important characteristics in order to detect when a genuine contact is made between two persons. One is the distance, less than 2 meters, and the other is the time that persons spent together. This will avoid recording invalid contacts like when you’re on your bike and passing people.
- What about stigmatization?
Identity between users is anonymous. In order to avoid social bullying, this is a mandatory feature that we believe all these type of applications should include in the core of their functionality.
- Why Blue Shield is different from other tracking solutions ?
Among paying high attention to the privacy standards, we wanted the application to be friendly an easy to adopt by communities. In addition to the Contact Tracing we added the Symptom Tracker and Official News section to make it even more comprehensive to use.
- What about adoption ?
The use of the application should be done voluntarily. In our vision, the perfect adoption would be a two-way street where people and governments will meet together and support the Blue Shield initiative to fight against the current pandemic.
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