In Canada, Albertans wary of 'Big Brother' with use of COVID-19 digital-tracing app

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The hard part is convincing people to use it.

In Canada, Albertans wary of 'Big Brother' with use of COVID-19 digital-tracing app
As the spread of the new coronavirus in Canada slows, the western province of Alberta has rolled out a digital-tracing tool to monitor outbreaks as quarantine restrictions ease. The hard part is convincing people to use it. On May 1, Alberta launched Canada's first smartphone app to trace and ...

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