How much should Germany rely on contact tracing apps in the fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic?

Developers worldwide are working on contact tracing apps that track the spread of the coronavirus through Bluetooth technology – that means, if you’ve come into contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, you’ll be notified. But how much do these apps actually help, and how much privacy do users have to give up?

Studio Berlin host Sylvia Cunningham is joined byShashank Bengali,a Los Angeles Times correspondent based in Singapore, Chris Köver, who writes about digital rights forNetzpolitik.org, and Andrea Renda, a senior fellow at theCentre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.