Coronavirus app. [Poll]

[Chippy_Tea]

I posted this in the Coronavirus thread yesterday and as they are discussing it again today i thought a poll would be of interest., will you use it?

Please don't use the thread to post dissatisfaction with the rate of testing etc this is about members thoughts on the app only.




Apple and Google are jointly developing technology to alert people if they have recently come into contact with others found to be infected with coronavirus.

They hope to initially help third-party contact-tracing apps run efficiently.

But ultimately, they aim to do away with the need to download dedicated apps, to encourage the practice.

The two companies believe their approach - designed to keep users, whose participation would be voluntary, anonymous - addresses privacy concerns.

Their contact-tracing method would work by using a smartphone's Bluetooth signals to determine to whom the owner had recently been in proximity for long enough to have established contagion a risk.

If one of those people later tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, a warning would be sent to the original handset owner.

No GPS location data or personal information would be recorded.

"Privacy, transparency and consent are of utmost importance in this effort and we look forward to building this functionality in consultation with interested stakeholders," Apple and Google said in a joint statement.

"We will openly publish information about our work for others to analyse."

Full article - Apple and Google team up for coronavirus tracking

 

[Leon103]

Depends on the permissions.

 

[MyQul]

If the Government buy me a smart phone I'll use the app

 

[MyQul]

Depends on the permissions.

What does that mean?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

There hasn't been a lot of detail published but they have stated -


No GPS location data or personal information would be recorded.

"Privacy, transparency and consent are of utmost importance in this effort and we look forward to building this functionality in consultation with interested stakeholders," Apple and Google said in a joint statement.

"We will openly publish information about our work for others to analyse."

President Trump said his administration needed time to consider the development.

"It's very interesting, but a lot of people worry about it in terms of a person's freedom," he said during a White House press conference.

"We're going to take... a very strong look at it, and we'll let you know pretty soon."

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If the Government buy me a smart phone I'll use the app

You can get a decent budget smart phone from £60 get your hand in your pocket tightwad.

https://3g.co.uk/guides/best-smartphones-for-under-100-2014

 

[MyQul]

You can get a decent budget smart phone from £60 get your hand in your pocket tightwad.

https://3g.co.uk/guides/best-smartphones-for-under-100-2014

60 quid!!!!!! Do you know how much brewing ingredients I could but with that?!

The last (PAYG) phone I bought was £14

 

[foxbat]

What does that mean?

"permissions" define the level of access that an app gets to the data on your phone and also the phone's hardware features that it will use. Governments and corporates alike have a lamentable history of mishandling personal data.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

The last (PAYG) phone I bought was £14

I remember you posting about that years ago

 

[MyQul]

"permissions" define the level of access that an app gets to the data on your phone and also the phone's hardware features that it will use. Governments and corporates alike have a lamentable history of mishandling personal data.

Thanks :hat:

I will no longer be accepting any free smart phones from the government

 

[MyQul]

I remember you posting about that years ago

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[Chippy_Tea]

What does that mean?

There hasn't been a lot of detail published but they have stated -


No GPS location data or personal information would be recorded.

"Privacy, transparency and consent are of utmost importance in this effort and we look forward to building this functionality in consultation with interested stakeholders," Apple and Google said in a joint statement.

"We will openly publish information about our work for others to analyse."

President Trump said his administration needed time to consider the development.

"It's very interesting, but a lot of people worry about it in terms of a person's freedom," he said during a White House press conference.

"We're going to take... a very strong look at it, and we'll let you know pretty soon."

 

[Chippy_Tea]

permissions" define the level of access that an app gets to the data on your phone and also the phone's hardware features that it will use. Governments and corporates alike have a lamentable history of mishandling personal data.

It always makes me laugh when i read stuff like this, we all use apps and rarely give a thought to the permission we give them and the majority of us use Chrome and we all know what they get up to.

Take Facebook here is what you agree to when you use it -

This app has access to:

Device & app history

• retrieve running apps

Storage

• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• read the contents of your USB storage

Microphone

• record audio

Photos / Media / Files

• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• read the contents of your USB storage

Device ID & call information

• read phone status and identity

Location

• precise location (GPS and network-based)
• approximate location (network-based)

Camera

• take pictures and videos

Calendar

• read calendar events plus confidential information
• add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge

Phone

• directly call phone numbers
• read phone status and identity

Contacts

• modify your contacts
• find accounts on the device
• read your contacts

Wi-Fi connection information

• view Wi-Fi connections

Identity

• find accounts on the device
• add or remove accounts
• read your own contact card

Other

• download files without notification
• receive data from Internet
• read TV channel/program information
• write TV channel/program information
• control vibration
• full network access
• read Google service configuration
• pair with Bluetooth devices
• change network connectivity
• run at startup
• prevent device from sleeping
• toggle sync on and off
• view network connections
• read battery statistics
• change your audio settings
• install shortcuts
• access Bluetooth settings
• send sticky broadcast
• connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
• modify system settings
• read sync settings
• create accounts and set passwords
• draw over other apps
• control Near Field Communication

 

[Rodcx500z]

no point me having it, it will just show me at home the only door i have used is the back door to the yard and man cave i have not been out for over 3 weeks and have no intentions of doing so i have beer full tv and alexa she is wonderful