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German police used tracing app to find crime witnesses
German authorities used data from a mobile phone contact tracing app, intended for COVID-19 close contact identification, to identify potential witnesses to a crime. Critics say this misuse of the app's data could fuel conspiracy theories about the app and undermine public trust.
- Organisation involved
- German police
- Product, system or model
- mobile phone tracing app
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