Apple launches a site to find out how isolation has affected the movements of its users

 In light of the outbreak of the new Corona virus around the world and in light of quarantine and self-isolation measures, governments are looking for ways to ensure the effectiveness of the measures they take and whether people commit to staying at home to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, and to help governments and medical institutions launch Google at the beginning of the month A tool to track movements and here is Apple announces a new tool that uses location data to see how the world moves during the hours of the imposed ban.

How Apple monitors user movement

Following in the footsteps of Google, Apple announced the provision of a dataset derived from the information gathered from its Maps application, which is located on the iPhone devices, where data is collected on the movement of users, which is updated on a daily basis within the Maps application and this information provides a quick overview of the movements of people. Everywhere.

According to Apple, its new site contains directions and movement of users in major cities and about 63 countries from around the world, and Apple can obtain information by calculating the number of requests submitted to the Maps application to obtain directions and then compare those data that reflect the size of people who drive their cars or They move on foot or even take public transportation.

You can visit The new site Which was launched by Apple and enter the name of your country, and you will see the movement of users either on their feet or via the car and most countries in the world will find a very significant decrease in the movement of users after a temporary and comprehensive quarantine was imposed with large fines to force users to stay at home in light of the outbreak of a virus Corona.

The data on the site is available for free download to everyone and can be downloaded in CSV format. Apple aims from that data to help officials understand user behavior and the effectiveness of the quarantine measures that are applied.

Apple and Privacy

Some people may think that Apple spies on iPhone users and monitors them, but this is not the case because the American company is fully aware that privacy is a legitimate right that must be provided to every user and that is why it protects the privacy of its users by not linking traffic data to the users' Apple ID as well as The company does not even keep a record of the site for any user.

Apple's efforts to combat Corona

The new site from Apple joins the company's efforts to combat the emerging corona virus, as Apple has taken great steps to limit the spread of the coronavirus, including partnering with Google to develop a system for tracking the spread of the emerging virus and creating a tool to check users and ensure that there are no symptoms of the virus, as it has shipped and supplied More than 20 million face masks for medical institutions, and all this as part of their ongoing efforts in its war with Corona.

And don't forget the Google counterpart

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As we mentioned at the beginning of the article that Google preceded Apple and introduced the same feature also at the beginning of this month. In fact, Google surpassed Apple in the amount of data that appears, as Apple monitors movements, whether walking, transportation or driving. As for Google, these three points are one there, and it also appears to stay at home, go to stores, groceries, work, parks, beaches, and others. Many believe that the data received from Google is more accurate than Apple, because it includes Android users, who are more than Apple users; Many iPhone owners also use Google Maps.

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