Google reportedly installed a contact tracing app without user consent
(Android Central)

Massachusetts` MassNotify exposure notifications app was announced last week. What you need to know Google reportedly installed the official Massachusetts COVID-19 contact tracing app on Android devices without any consent from users. Several Massachusetts residents claim they never even received a notification that the app was installed on their phone. The majority of the users say they did not have COVID-19 Exposure Notifications enabled. According to multiple reports from Massachusetts residents, the state`s official `MassNotify` COVID-19 contact tracing app is being automatically installed on the best Android phones without any permission or notification (via Ycombinator). What makes this particularly worrying is that a large number of users are reporting that they do not have Android Exposure Notifications enabled and the app was still installed on their Android phone in the background. Users are also unhappy with the fact that the app isn`t easy to uninstall. It appears...