Due to data protection concerns, Germany has abandoned Microsoft's virus tracking program in favour of Google's and Apple's.

The German government has abandoned a German-led alternative that had been criticized for privacy issues in favor of adopting a coronavirus tracing app that uses technology funded by Google and Apple.

According to Jens Spahn, Germany's Minister of Health, and Helge Braun, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chief of Staff, the government is now in favor of a "decentralized software architecture" in which user data is saved o....