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Zizu 05-05-2020 02:24 AM

Will you download and use the Covid-19 app ?
 
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.

Zizu 05-05-2020 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James (Post 10836214)
I've added a poll to the thread.



Thank you !!


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Zizu 05-05-2020 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10836211)
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

Zizu 05-05-2020 08:57 AM

Please vote !!

Thank you

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 10836249)
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?

Zizu 05-05-2020 09:17 AM

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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bots 05-05-2020 10:32 AM

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?

bots 05-05-2020 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JerseyWins (Post 10836385)
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

MTVN 05-05-2020 04:27 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

The Slim Reaper 05-05-2020 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 10836435)
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

MTVN 05-05-2020 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 10836437)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 10836445)
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/1uB4...1uMd3erGu/view

Some interesting reading in the following articles whichever way you see things.


https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/22/p...titive-tender/

https://tech.newstatesman.com/corona...re-coronavirus

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/401...ovid-19-crisis

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-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.


Cherie 05-05-2020 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 10836465)
Also Matt, have a read through this twitter thread; provides some more interesting background on those working behind the scenes.


Ugh

Babayaro. 05-05-2020 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caprimint (Post 10836439)
Nope, no need for it

How not?

Zizu 05-05-2020 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 10836461)
Developed by NHSX, a governmental dept, full of former Cambridge Analytica employees



On the back of



https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uB4...1uMd3erGu/view



Some interesting reading in the following articles whichever way you see things.





https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/22/p...titive-tender/



https://tech.newstatesman.com/corona...re-coronavirus



https://www.computing.co.uk/news/401...ovid-19-crisis



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 10836545)
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.

Zizu 05-05-2020 07:40 PM

Will you download and use the Covid-19 app ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 10836549)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 10836576)
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:

bots 05-05-2020 08:31 PM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by WickedSkengMan (Post 10836290)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10836411)
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:

Zizu 07-05-2020 07:35 PM

Currently 12:12

50/50 split


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