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Coronavirus tracker API installed on your smartphone - even if you didn't download it

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A new coronavirus tracker has been found on smartphones despite owners not downloading it. Google and Apple have automatically installed the new feature, called 'Covi-19 Exposure Logging', to help track the spread of the virus.

Although it has been automatically installed on most phones it is currently turned off and not available to use. This is because it is an API and will only work in conjunction with the country's contact-tracing app, which is still under construction.

The government has abandoned its own official app before it's even left its testing stage despite spending millions of pounds and months on the technology.

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