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Will you download and use the Covid-19 app when it’s launched officially ?
Any chance of someone adding a poll please .. or start a new thread with a poll
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arista
05-05-2020, 02:57 AM
The Good Thing is
you do not have to give a Name
just the post code
James
05-05-2020, 04:32 AM
I've added a poll to the thread.
I've added a poll to the thread.
Thank you !!
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The Good Thing is
you do not have to give a Name
just the post code
When you get a moment please return and vote in the newly added poll ..
Cherie
05-05-2020, 06:41 AM
Up to yesterday I was if two minds due to privacy but as no personal details are held then yes I will
AnnieK
05-05-2020, 09:06 AM
I am a little unsure. I am a little dubious about the privacy side of it. They will be able to trace it back to you, through IP address, IMEI numbers on your phone etc. It feels all very Big Brother.
Crimson Dynamo
05-05-2020, 09:11 AM
I am a little unsure. I am a little dubious about the privacy side of it. They will be able to trace it back to you, through IP address, IMEI numbers on your phone etc. It feels all very Big Brother.
You mean like all the data the police can get on you or your mobile supplier has already?
In voted yes .. just in case it turns out to be a game changer ... plus I don’t really care if anyone is following my movements.. I’ve simply nothing to hide ..
I guess there will be thousands who are messing around without their partners knowing who may be wary though ..
I’m probably one of the few who like the idea of millions of CCTV cameras everywhere
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No, i won't. I live out in the sticks and I don't use public transport, I will continue to have food delivered at my door. I don't see a need for it at the moment
Withano
05-05-2020, 10:43 AM
No. Cummings mate is collecting the profit from it. Don’t trust them at all not to misuse my data. I’d think twice if the money was going somewhere else but tories gotta Tory so no
Denver
05-05-2020, 11:06 AM
It should be compulsory tbh
Babayaro.
05-05-2020, 11:07 AM
can you send nudes on it?
JerseyWins
05-05-2020, 02:30 PM
What does it do?
What does it do?
if someone tests positive for covid and you had close contact with them in the recent past it will ping an sms at you telling you to self isolate
Nicky91
05-05-2020, 03:55 PM
if it becomes available here in Netherlands
my answer is NO ******* thank you, i care about my privacy more, and i myself am Always at home anyway
:idc:
this whole app means you lose your privacy completely, they know everytime where you are, what you do, you see if people with covid are near you but there are more negatives than good things around this app
I'm pretty confident it is no bigger threat to privacy than almost every other app that seeks access to your contacts, files, location, wants to link to your social media account etc
By all intents and purposes its gonna be really important to getting back to normal life that the majority of people use this app, makes me despair that people wouldn't use it out of a dislike of the Tory party
The Slim Reaper
05-05-2020, 04:32 PM
I'm pretty confident it is no bigger threat to privacy than almost every other app that seeks access to your contacts, files, location, wants to link to your social media account etc
By all intents and purposes its gonna be really important to getting back to normal life that the majority of people use this app, makes me despair that people wouldn't use it out of a dislike of the Tory party
I'll use it, but it's not really about tories per se. Would be more about the people running the app, which is cummings's mate with heavy links to vote leave, which was known to wildly abuse private data.
I do think the app can't be the only strategy though, as S.korea have shown the best results for contact tracing, and only 20-25% used their equivalent app.
caprimint
05-05-2020, 04:32 PM
Nope, no need for it
I'll use it, but it's not really about tories per se. Would be more about the people running the app, which is cummings's mate with heavy links to vote leave, which was known to wildly abuse private data.
I do think the app can't be the only strategy though, as S.korea have shown the best results for contact tracing, and only 20-25% used their equivalent app.
What's the source for the Cummings thing? My understanding is that the NHS themselves have developed the app alongside Oxford University researchers and with the help of several tech firms
The Slim Reaper
05-05-2020, 05:04 PM
What's the source for the Cummings thing? My understanding is that the NHS themselves have developed the app alongside Oxford University researchers and with the help of several tech firms
Developed by NHSX, a governmental dept, full of former Cambridge Analytica employees
On the back of
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uB4LcQHMVP-oLzIIHA9SjKj1uMd3erGu/view
Some interesting reading in the following articles whichever way you see things.
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/22/palantir-coronavirus-contract-did-not-go-to-competitive-tender/
https://tech.newstatesman.com/coronavirus/palantir-covid19-datastore-coronavirus
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4014628/gchq-granted-extended-powers-demand-nhs-covid-19-crisis
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-tests-contact-tracing-serco-g4s-private-firm-a9497371.html
The Slim Reaper
05-05-2020, 05:07 PM
Also Matt, have a read through this twitter thread; provides some more interesting background on those working behind the scenes.
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Cherie
05-05-2020, 05:12 PM
Also Matt, have a read through this twitter thread; provides some more interesting background on those working behind the scenes.
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Ugh
Babayaro.
05-05-2020, 05:14 PM
Nope, no need for it
How not?
Developed by NHSX, a governmental dept, full of former Cambridge Analytica employees
On the back of
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uB4LcQHMVP-oLzIIHA9SjKj1uMd3erGu/view
Some interesting reading in the following articles whichever way you see things.
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/22/palantir-coronavirus-contract-did-not-go-to-competitive-tender/
https://tech.newstatesman.com/coronavirus/palantir-covid19-datastore-coronavirus
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4014628/gchq-granted-extended-powers-demand-nhs-covid-19-crisis
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-tests-contact-tracing-serco-g4s-private-firm-a9497371.html
Any useful links to the Flat Earth Society, David Icke and Uri Geller ??!
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The Slim Reaper
05-05-2020, 06:50 PM
Any useful links to the Flat Earth Society, David Icke and Uri Geller ??!
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just humour me and explain where the conspiracy theories are. Thanks. I know you're trying to follow me round and score imaginary points, but this won't go well for you.
just humour me and explain where the conspiracy theories are. Thanks. I know you're trying to follow me round and score imaginary points, but this won't go well for you.
This is all getting a little tiresome and rather predictable.. you and your little crew of Tory haters targeting anyone who speaks up against your biased views or dares to speak up for something the government are proposing .
Anyways, you came into a thread that I started and nit-picked one of my posts and so it sounds as though you’re getting confused ..I surely had the right to reply ..
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The Slim Reaper
05-05-2020, 07:47 PM
You came into a thread that I started and nit-picked one of my posts and so it sounds as though you’re getting confused ..I surely had the right to reply ..
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Is that a no to explaining why my post was a conspiracy theory?
Edit: just read the bit you've added. A simple no would have sufficed. Enjoy reading my old threads and posts. :smug:
it really all depends on the privacy settings of the app, some of them in other countries advise when someone leaves their home when they should be isolating which I don't believe the NHS app does (yet) I use road guidance all the time (under normal circumstances) and it's obviously beneficial in that circumstance for the app to know where I am. I certainly wouldnt want private details going to some over zealous Cambridge Analytica clone.
arista
05-05-2020, 08:35 PM
It should be compulsory tbh
Not possible to Enforce it
Even in South Korea
many did not trust the power in charge
armand.kay
05-05-2020, 09:25 PM
if someone tests positive for covid and you had close contact with them in the recent past it will ping an sms at you telling you to self isolate
not thinking you've got a text and its corona you've got :worry:
Currently 12:12
50/50 split
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