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Does the StopCovid application retrieve the contacts of its users, as suggested by Jean-Luc Mélenchon?

2020-05-29T17:15:47.801Z


VERIFICATION - The leader of La France Insoumise asked all those who have their number in their directory and will install StopCovid to remove it.


THE QUESTION. Wednesday, during the debates in the National Assembly on the StopCovid application, Jean-Luc Mélenchon asked " all those who have me in their directory, their agenda, their contacts, to remove my name immediately if they ever take for them this app . " The leader of La France Insoumise was relaying a shared idea on social networks, according to which StopCovid would recover all the contacts saved in users' smartphones. Can the application really recover the contacts contained in the smartphones of its users?

StopCovid: Mélenchon asks MPs to "remove [his] name from their telephone contacts" - Watch on Figaro Live

CHECKS - Since the announcement of its launch, this application has been the subject of many criticisms, with in its sights questions on respect for privacy. The CNIL issued a first positive opinion, with reservations. It has been taken into account. The second opinion of the Commission

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Source: lefigaro

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