I have strong doubts about the efficiency of any tracing app of the sort, and even less in the context where it is unlikely that a majority of the population will use it.
There's also the problem that this app would need to work on Apple phones, or be incompatible with them, and cause significant "fracture" between those who have access to technology, and those who haven't. See this text for more details.
Such an app would be a security and privacy liability at no benefit to public health. There are better options, see for this research on hardware tokens. But I doubt any contact tracing app or hardware will actually work anyways.
I am a computer engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the domain, and I have been following this question closely.
Please don't do this.
I wrote the above in a response to the Québec government's survey about a possible tracing app.
Pour une raison que je m'explique mal, le sondage m'été envoyé en anglais, et j'ai donc écrit ma réponse dans la langue de Shakespeare au lieu de celle de molière... Je serai heureux de fournir une traduction française à ceux ou celles qui en ont besoin...
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