Massachusetts launched a COVID tracking app, and uh, it was automatically installed?!
By Ron Amadeo
Over the weekend, Google and the state of Massachusetts managed to
make creepy COVID tracking apps even creepier by automatically
installing them on people's Android phones. Numerous reports on
Reddit, Hacker News, and in-app reviews claim that "MassNotify,"
Massachusetts' COVID tracking app, silently installed on their Android
device without user consent.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/even-creepier-covid-tracking-google-silently-pushed-app-to-users-phones/
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