[Zizu]

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]

The Good Thing is
you do not have to give a Name
just the post code

[James]

I've added a poll to the thread.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by James

I've added a poll to the thread.

Thank you !!


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by arista

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]

Up to yesterday I was if two minds due to privacy but as no personal details are held then yes I will

[Zizu]

Please vote !!

Thank you

[AnnieK]

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.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

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]

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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[bitontheslide]

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]

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]

It should be compulsory tbh

[Babayaro.]

can you send nudes on it?

[JerseyWins]

What does it do?

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

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]

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




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]

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]

Originally Posted by MTVN

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]

Nope, no need for it

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

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]

Originally Posted by MTVN

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]

Also Matt, have a read through this twitter thread; provides some more interesting background on those working behind the scenes.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Also Matt, have a read through this twitter thread; provides some more interesting background on those working behind the scenes.

Ugh

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Nope, no need for it

How not?