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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Burnley Ace » Wed May 06, 2020 10:10 am

Funkydrummer wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:03 am
This is the most confusing thing about all this. We're advised to cover up when shopping etc, for coming across people for a brief moment, and yet you have to have been in contact with someone for 10 minutes to recieve an alert.

Make your mind up, which is it ? ;)
Perhaps the longer you are with someone the probability of you being infected increases. 10 mins might be a significant amount of time. If it was everyone you just walked past the app would be meaningless.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Chester Perry » Wed May 06, 2020 10:18 am

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Wed May 06, 2020 10:21 am

Grumps wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 9:13 am
The little I read was the person presses the button to say they have symptoms, that goes to whoever is managing the app, who arranges a test. If positive, the NHS then sends out the alert.
One thing to note is at some stage you need to have been close to the infected person for around ten minutes for you to receive the alert.
Nope, the alert goes out before any tests.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 11:01 am

Funkydrummer wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:03 am
This is the most confusing thing about all this. We're advised to cover up when shopping etc, for coming across people for a brief moment, and yet you have to have been in contact with someone for 10 minutes to recieve an alert.

Make your mind up, which is it ? ;)
Can you imagine how many alerts you'd get if all you'd done was walk past someone :lol:

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 11:03 am

martin_p wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:21 am
Nope, the alert goes out before any tests.
Sorry, you're wrong, I've just read again and it pings after a positive test

Taken from telegraph site

If an individual later reports that they are positive for coronavirus, it will then ping a message to people who have been in close-contact with them in the last 28 days based on their anonymous IDs.
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Spijed » Wed May 06, 2020 11:05 am

Chester Perry wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:18 am
It is still a no from me

https://twitter.com/gcluley/status/1257581842246643714
Why on earth do we have to try and be different from every other country regarding the pandemic?

We ignore good advice from other countries.
We refuse help from other countries.
We only seem to react to what others are doing, rather than being proactive.

And by the looks of it, we have an app that won't work as well as it will for others.
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Wed May 06, 2020 11:42 am

Grumps wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 11:03 am
Sorry, you're wrong, I've just read again and it pings after a positive test

Taken from telegraph site

If an individual later reports that they are positive for coronavirus, it will then ping a message to people who have been in close-contact with them in the last 28 days based on their anonymous IDs.
This Telegraph article?

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.tel ... acing/amp/

It quite clearly shows step 6 and being an alert to those who have been close to someone reporting symptoms and step 7 being the test. If the test is negative then a further alert is sent to the same people saying they can stop self isolating.

Besides, it doesn’t make sense. If you only alert after a possible test there could be up to three days when anyone infected by the person testing positive is infecting other people.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Chester Perry » Wed May 06, 2020 11:44 am

Spijed wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 11:05 am
Why on earth do we have to try and be different from every other country regarding the pandemic?

We ignore good advice from other countries.
We refuse help from other countries.
We only seem to react to what others are doing, rather than being proactive.

And by the looks of it, we have an app that won't work as well as it will for others.
Why indeed, but with Brexit set to complete we are in the lap of that other country whose policies we appear to follow - so much regret for that darn tea party (old and new)

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 11:48 am

martin_p wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 11:42 am
This Telegraph article?

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.tel ... acing/amp/

It quite clearly shows step 6 and being an alert to those who have been close to someone reporting symptoms and step 7 being the test. If the test is negative then a further alert is sent to the same people saying they can stop self isolating.

Besides, it doesn’t make sense. If you only alert after a possible test there could be up to three days when anyone infected by the person testing positive is infecting other people.
Paragraph 10....if its wrong so be it, but it's copied and pasted word for word in my post.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Wed May 06, 2020 11:56 am

Grumps wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 11:48 am
Paragraph 10....if its wrong so be it, but it's copied and pasted word for word in my post.
You only have to read a couple of paragraphs further to (as well as the main info graphic) to see its wrong.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 12:17 pm

martin_p wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 11:56 am
You only have to read a couple of paragraphs further to (as well as the main info graphic) to see its wrong.
It still won't say someone has the virus until a test has been done... Which was the original question posed.
It may send out an Amber warning if someone has symptoms but not yet tested

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by tiger76 » Wed May 06, 2020 12:32 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 8:29 am
Christ, there's desperate and then there's this. "Threatening death"..... what a moronic thing to suggest !

Easy on the drama queenery, tiger, you'll do yourself a damage ! :lol:
Perhaps you'd like to clarify what your words meant then,if you are implying that Dominic Cummings should be removed from his advisory role,then i might well be in agreement with you,but your words could be interpreted in a number of ways,it's always best to make yourself clear i find,especially on this forum.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Wed May 06, 2020 12:33 pm

Grumps wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 12:17 pm
It still won't say someone has the virus until a test has been done... Which was the original question posed.
It may send out an Amber warning if someone has symptoms but not yet tested
Try reading the article. Someone reports symptoms and those who have been near them will be asked to self isolate even before any test.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Enty1974 » Wed May 06, 2020 12:46 pm

Nope

Nor will i be vaccinated

Its all a social experiment to see how much control they can get over us

**** the system

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 12:55 pm

martin_p wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 12:33 pm
Try reading the article. Someone reports symptoms and those who have been near them will be asked to self isolate even before any test.
Try reading the original post!! He was asking if anyone could tell everyone they HAVE THE VIRUS... That is only done AFTER a test.
Then try reading my post, where I say an Amber warning will be sent out if someone has symptoms, two completely different things

Why do you have to turn everything into an argument

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Wed May 06, 2020 1:06 pm

Grumps wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 12:55 pm
Try reading the original post!! He was asking if anyone could tell everyone they HAVE THE VIRUS... That is only done AFTER a test.
Then try reading my post, where I say an Amber warning will be sent out if someone has symptoms, two completely different things

Why do you have to turn everything into an argument
The post was about spreading panic and unnecessary ‘lockdown’. That’s exactly what the app allows as an alert is sent out for people to self isolate when someone reports they have symptoms. You then claimed that no alerts are sent out until someone is tested which isn’t the case. I’ll only argue if a person continues to claim they are right despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary!

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 1:13 pm

Barry_Chuckle wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 8:56 am
The problem with this app idea, is that it relies on individuals to notify through the app that they now have covid. How many attention seeking tw@ts will notify they have it when the haven't? This would trigger a notification to all those who could have come into contact with this individual, spreading panic, worry and potentially unnecessary lockdown for these individuals.
I do hope the law throw the book at individuals who do this by way of a hefty fine.
For the benefit of Martin p. Note the term... Have Covid.... How many will say they HAVE It when they haven't..
The spreading of panic is all about people saying they have it, when they haven't
My point has always been a ping for people who HAVE the virus is only sent AFTER A POSITIVE TEST.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Wed May 06, 2020 1:23 pm

For the benefit of Grumps this is what you actually said, which is where I picked you up as being wrong. The NHS only send out an alert if the test is negative as those in contact with the person who reported symptoms are by that point self isolating anyway. But it’s clear you don’t want to understand how it works so I’ll leave it there.
Grumps wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 9:13 am
The little I read was the person presses the button to say they have symptoms, that goes to whoever is managing the app, who arranges a test. If positive, the NHS then sends out the alert.
One thing to note is at some stage you need to have been close to the infected person for around ten minutes for you to receive the alert.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 1:39 pm

martin_p wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 1:23 pm
For the benefit of Grumps this is what you actually said, which is where I picked you up as being wrong. The NHS only send out an alert if the test is negative as those in contact with the person who reported symptoms are by that point self isolating anyway. But it’s clear you don’t want to understand how it works so I’ll leave it there.
Article below has an easy to read chart.... You'll see it's as I described, with Amber and red alerts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -work.html

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Wed May 06, 2020 1:45 pm

Grumps wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 1:39 pm
Article below has an easy to read chart.... You'll see it's as I described, with Amber and red alerts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -work.html
Well that’s not what your Telegraph link says.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Wed May 06, 2020 1:55 pm

martin_p wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 1:45 pm
Well that’s not what your Telegraph link says.
I was only quoting one paragraph of that article, which you very kindly pointed out.

Iam off out now, Carnt be doing with this anymore

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Zlatan » Wed May 06, 2020 2:04 pm

Spijed wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 11:05 am
Why on earth do we have to try and be different from every other country regarding the pandemic?

We ignore good advice from other countries.
We refuse help from other countries.
We only seem to react to what others are doing, rather than being proactive.

And by the looks of it, we have an app that won't work as well as it will for others.
It’s steps on the way to be like North Korea...

With Bo Jong Sun in charge...
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by NewClaret » Wed May 06, 2020 2:30 pm

Zlatan wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 2:04 pm
It’s steps on the way to be like North Korea...

With Bo Jong Sun in charge...
:lol: :lol:

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by tiger76 » Wed May 06, 2020 9:49 pm

Islanders react to app: 'I won't be a guinea pig'

The UK government has chosen the Isle of Wight to test its coronavirus tracing app, but what do the islanders make of it?

Some like parish councillor Daryll Pitcher say they do not want to be "guinea pigs".

"I am greatly concerned that this trial has been imposed on the Isle of Wight and I believe that the final say should have been local," he said.

Pitcher, who is the Covid-19 response co-ordinator for the island's Wootton village, said he had concerns regarding his civil liberties and data security, because the app traces anyone who has recently been in contact with someone with the virus.

He also said he felt the island was "not a suitable testing area" due to its demographics and geography, both of which vary from the UK's national average.

This chap shares the worries a few people have expressed on this thread over data protection,the UK government might have to rethink whether to continue with this trial,if there's widespread resistance on the island.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by AndrewJB » Wed May 06, 2020 10:27 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 9:49 pm
Islanders react to app: 'I won't be a guinea pig'

The UK government has chosen the Isle of Wight to test its coronavirus tracing app, but what do the islanders make of it?

Some like parish councillor Daryll Pitcher say they do not want to be "guinea pigs".

"I am greatly concerned that this trial has been imposed on the Isle of Wight and I believe that the final say should have been local," he said.

Pitcher, who is the Covid-19 response co-ordinator for the island's Wootton village, said he had concerns regarding his civil liberties and data security, because the app traces anyone who has recently been in contact with someone with the virus.

He also said he felt the island was "not a suitable testing area" due to its demographics and geography, both of which vary from the UK's national average.

This chap shares the worries a few people have expressed on this thread over data protection,the UK government might have to rethink whether to continue with this trial,if there's widespread resistance on the island.
As the Register article (linked from the Twitter feed above) points out, the CEO of the company running the app has told MPs that they will continue to own the data, UK citizens will not have the right to be deleted from it, and the company will use it for research purposes going into the future.

I'm someone in favour of using big data to find solutions to problems (I think we should all be on a DNA register, for example), however the organisation that holds the data and provides access to it, has to be publicly owned, at arms length from the government (and the police, and NHS, etc), and has to have a very clear mandate as to what its purpose is, and the rules under which it operates.

This new app crosses boundaries it shouldn't. Other countries aren't going for the data harvesting, so why are we? Just when you think the government couldn't get more crap in this crisis, they actually do.
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by SalisburyClaret » Wed May 06, 2020 10:33 pm

—- Other countries aren't going for the data harvesting, so why are we?

££££££££££££££££££££

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Paul Waine » Wed May 06, 2020 10:38 pm

Why am I reminded of the Luddites when I read some of the posts on this thread? All proud textile workers, no doubt. :(

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Chester Perry » Wed May 06, 2020 10:46 pm

SalisburyClaret wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:33 pm
—- Other countries aren't going for the data harvesting, so why are we?

££££££££££££££££££££
there are very few countries in the world whose citizens are under more surveillance with the blessing of it's own government than the United Kingdom, the surprise of it is that so few are aware or even care
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by boatshed bill » Wed May 06, 2020 10:59 pm

I have never downloaded an "app", not sure what they are TBH.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by SalisburyClaret » Thu May 07, 2020 10:25 am

Chester Perry wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:46 pm
there are very few countries in the world whose citizens are under more surveillance with the blessing of it's own government than the United Kingdom, the surprise of it is that so few are aware or even care

Entirely agree. Also since the rise of Facebook and other social media, the population monitor themselves - always posting where they are and what they’re doing. The government doesn’t need to try too hard
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by BurningBeard » Thu May 07, 2020 1:12 pm

Joint parliamentary committee for human rights has significant concerns and the app would fall foul of the law in its current form...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... nment-told

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by AndrewJB » Thu May 07, 2020 1:42 pm

BurningBeard wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 1:12 pm
Joint parliamentary committee for human rights has significant concerns and the app would fall foul of the law in its current form...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... nment-told
They couldn’t organise a few drinks in a brewery.
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Grumps » Thu May 07, 2020 4:13 pm

AndrewJB wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 1:42 pm
They couldn’t organise a few drinks in a brewery.
Iam sure Harriet Harman will get it sorted :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by tiger76 » Mon May 11, 2020 2:53 pm

App 'does not work' on Huawei phones

Huawei and some older mobile phones cannot run the NHS contact-tracing app being trialled on the Isle of Wight, according to NHSX, the health service's digital innovation unit.

Dr Geraint Lewis, who is in charge of the development of the NHS Covid-19 app, said the new tool would only work with newer operating systems on Apple and Samsung phones.

Speaking to BBC Radio Solent, he said phones needed to have the capability of running Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and to be running either Apple ios 11 upwards or Android 8 upwards.

He said there were three reasons why a phone would not run the app. Either the development team had not got around to supporting that particular phone; the phone itself does not have BLE, or the operating system is not supported.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Zlatan » Mon May 11, 2020 3:11 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 2:53 pm
App 'does not work' on Huawei phones

Huawei and some older mobile phones cannot run the NHS contact-tracing app being trialled on the Isle of Wight, according to NHSX, the health service's digital innovation unit.

Dr Geraint Lewis, who is in charge of the development of the NHS Covid-19 app, said the new tool would only work with newer operating systems on Apple and Samsung phones.

Speaking to BBC Radio Solent, he said phones needed to have the capability of running Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and to be running either Apple ios 11 upwards or Android 8 upwards.

He said there were three reasons why a phone would not run the app. Either the development team had not got around to supporting that particular phone; the phone itself does not have BLE, or the operating system is not supported.
They just don’t want the Chinese hijacking the big data sets they’re going to harvest with the App...

I’ll go and get my tinfoil hat...

;)

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon May 11, 2020 3:51 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 2:53 pm
App 'does not work' on Huawei phones

Huawei and some older mobile phones cannot run the NHS contact-tracing app being trialled on the Isle of Wight, according to NHSX, the health service's digital innovation unit.

Dr Geraint Lewis, who is in charge of the development of the NHS Covid-19 app, said the new tool would only work with newer operating systems on Apple and Samsung phones.

Speaking to BBC Radio Solent, he said phones needed to have the capability of running Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and to be running either Apple ios 11 upwards or Android 8 upwards.

He said there were three reasons why a phone would not run the app. Either the development team had not got around to supporting that particular phone; the phone itself does not have BLE, or the operating system is not supported.
Its only China supporting commies like myself who own Huawei phones and I wasn't going to download the app anyhow cos I hate my country :D
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by IanMcL » Mon May 11, 2020 4:24 pm

Spijed wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 11:05 am
Why on earth do we have to try and be different from every other country regarding the pandemic?

We ignore good advice from other countries.
We refuse help from other countries.
We only seem to react to what others are doing, rather than being proactive.

And by the looks of it, we have an app that won't work as well as it will for others.
Is this a Brexit thread, in disguise?

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by IanMcL » Mon May 11, 2020 4:25 pm

SalisburyClaret wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 10:25 am
Entirely agree. Also since the rise of Facebook and other social media, the population monitor themselves - always posting where they are and what they’re doing. The government doesn’t need to try too hard
Now we don't have to try at all.

I am at home....like the rest of us!

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by IanMcL » Mon May 11, 2020 4:27 pm

AndrewJB wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 1:42 pm
They couldn’t organise a few drinks in a brewery.
They closed them!

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by tiger76 » Mon May 11, 2020 4:30 pm

Zlatan wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 3:11 pm
They just don’t want the Chinese hijacking the big data sets they’re going to harvest with the App...

I’ll go and get my tinfoil hat...

;)
I must admit that thought did cross my mind,but i think it's just because the app doesn't work on older phones,i'm not tech savvy,but that's my understanding.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by Zlatan » Mon May 11, 2020 6:43 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 4:30 pm
I must admit that thought did cross my mind,but i think it's just because the app doesn't work on older phones,i'm not tech savvy,but that's my understanding.
It’s more to do with google not allowing Huawei to use the latest Android OS on their phones because the US government blocked Chinese tech firms from doing business with them, all to do with anti trust stuff I think...

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by aggi » Tue May 19, 2020 5:21 pm

Not just related to the app but the government and its use of data generally at the moment
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/1 ... en_letter/

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by BurningBeard » Tue May 19, 2020 10:00 pm

Security issues found in the app...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52725810

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by IanMcL » Wed May 20, 2020 10:44 am

PMQs should be interesting, again, today!

Bumble versus The Hornet!

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by aggi » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:57 am

Well four and a half months after this started it's actually been released.

I suspect the impetus has been lost to make this truly useful but the original question now applies, will you be downloading the app?

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by claretburns » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:08 am

Got it downloaded this morning and if you fancy visiting a pub or restaurant over the next 6 months you will need the app to scan the QR code at the pub/restaurant entrance to enter your details.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by martin_p » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:11 am

I’ve downloaded it. My initial concerns over how the data was being used went when they abandoned the first attempt. Anything to try and slow down the spread of this virus to be honest.

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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by fatboy47 » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:15 am

Is it world class?
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Re: Will You Be Downloading the App?

Post by conyoviejo » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:23 am

Don't do it,the virus is being transmitted through the app ..
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