Will you download the Covid19 Location App?

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Will you download and use the Covit19 Location App?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Speede

    Speede Well-Known Member

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    I wonder....
     
    Speede, 25th Apr, 2020
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  2. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    It's available on the Play Store now, but apparently we can't register yet - probably this evening.
     
    geoffw, 26th Apr, 2020
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    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    Downloaded and registered.

    Privacy concerns are outweighed by the fact that it could determine if I've been in contact with an infected person. That could be very advantageous to my health.
     
    geoffw, 26th Apr, 2020
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    shorty, 26th Apr, 2020
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  5. noomi_nooma

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    Yes downloaded
     
    noomi_nooma, 26th Apr, 2020
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  6. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Here is the link. I downloaded it - seems pretty harmless.

    COVIDSafe app
     
    Terry_w, 26th Apr, 2020
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    I’ve signed up and forwarded it to many others. There’s a lot of conspiracy push back. I told them that Gumtree or eBay know more about me than this app.

    Some people who happily put their lives on FB don’t trust the government with their phone number and name.

    I just don’t understand it.
     
    wylie, 26th Apr, 2020
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  8. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    You don't have to give them your real name either.

    Though they probably can get that easily enough from your number.
     
    geoffw, 26th Apr, 2020
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  9. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Yes you would be more at risk from downloading angry birds, or games which send your data and contacts back to China.
     
    Terry_w, 26th Apr, 2020
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    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    I told them I was Geoffw. Did you tell them you were Terryw?
     
    Terry_w, 26th Apr, 2020
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    Are you two related?
     
    Simon Hampel, 26th Apr, 2020
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    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    Are you paraphrasing 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?

    (At least we have an internet solicitor's opinion) :D

    They're socially distanced.
     
    Scott No Mates, 26th Apr, 2020
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  13. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    I don't know. I went to his terryw web page to check his details and it was full of Lorum impsem dolor.
     
    geoffw, 26th Apr, 2020
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    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    No, I deliberately confused them. They have two sets of geoffw details on their system.
     
    geoffw, 26th Apr, 2020
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    I was wondering who the original creator of this app is, can we trust that source, and who will profit from it too?
    Also, if we know that the virus can be spread asymptotically (heard in USA around 20%???? still probably unknown) so what happens when we catch it from surfaces or so or other sources rather human to human (under soles in hospitals, on swings after people left, etc... will we be isolating whole suburbs for that matter, whole clusters of areas and people affected?).
    We are told it can be picked up from other sources so how will this work?
    I think it was reported tin Germany they located source 0, a Chinese worker passing it via salt shaker to another worker, so unsure if at that moment or someone just touched that object hours later?.
    If US army staff is told not to carry their mobile phones with them on their operations what makes us just ordinary individuals so protected and assured?
    Can this short time of date create algorithms and certain profiles about us?
    Too many IFs for my liking....
     
    MWI, 26th Apr, 2020
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    Done.

    I hope the downloads on the play store is not accurate. Only 10,000 downloads
     
    Ardi, 26th Apr, 2020
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    Right, better uninstall the app pronto:eek:
     
    Lacrim, 26th Apr, 2020
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  18. Ardi

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    Just would have thought a much larger commitment
     
    Ardi, 26th Apr, 2020
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    I'm in.
     
    Westminster, 26th Apr, 2020
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  20. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    Heat maps from smart watches gave away the location of operations in the Middle East.

    And you're worried that you might be contacted to get a swab if you rubbed uglies with a confirmed case of Covid-19?
     
    Scott No Mates, 26th Apr, 2020
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