Covid 19 app.

Whenarewethere · Guru

RE: Covid 19 app.

SaGDay · Veteran Member

Magnarc wrote:
I would be interested to get the views of the tribe regarding the app that the government wants us to download.
Unsure about it myself!!!!!!!!

Yes. Like Cassie 63 the Government has always had our data and yes we signed up yesterday as well. If this can kep just one person saf eit had done it's job, as that person may be me or even you

blaze · Guru

Whenarewethere wrote:
When one has reached Grey Nomad status one is not dumb enough to need a social distancing app!

reading some of the comments, some grey nomads need a cage and cuffs

cheers

blaze

Bicyclecamper · Guru

I don't own a phone, gave it away, after stopping work. Do have a Sat. phone, for emergencies. If I did have a phone, would not load this app anyway. I am very law abiding, but before you guys say, well you are monitored on your computer, I am not as have a secure V-N. I am not into the government or anybody, watching me like a hawk. I just want to be left alone. Maybe MY PTSD, has a play in it somehow.

-- Edited by Bicyclecamper on Tuesday 28th of April 2020 05:11:25 PM

fwdoz · Guru

Downloaded the app yesterday & have no issue poor battery life. Quite happy to do my bit for the greater good. We are lucky that we live where we do & the correct measures that have been taken are the reason for our extremely low numbers of cases/deaths.

The 0.03% that are blase or just dont get it are an outbreak waiting to happen.

dieseltojo · Senior Member

Yep I know a grey nomad that drove to a holiday block two weeks ago, against Government advice. reams of justification.

Who could possibly suggest that just cos your a bit older you are smarter.

Foolish grumpy old folk started out as foolish younger folks. smile Not me of course.....

Dick0 · Guru

Like any App...you can install it if "you" so decide and...you can always uninstall it if "you" so decide.

No need to be lectured here though about what I should or should not be doing!

My view.

blaze · Guru

Dick0 wrote:
Like any App...you can install it if "you" so decide and...you can always uninstall it if "you" so decide.
No need to be lectured here though about what I should or should not be doing!
My view.

no one lectured yo dicko, they have as you have, had an opinion

cheers

blaze

delatite · Veteran Member

I downloaded it. As for power consumption I have noticed no difference in the battery since installed.

If you have a weak battery you may but if your battery is in good condition I don't think there is any problem.

gold dandelion · Senior Member

downloaded our THREE phones yesterday, for people to say it is an over reaction must not have a radio or TV either. unless the Italians, Yanks & Poms are trying to scare monger us as well.

Cupie · Guru

Whenarewethere wrote:
I use an Android phone & a Mac computer so not familiar with an iPhone.
I heard on ABC RN that there is an issue with Bluetooth on the iPhone that Bluetooth doesn't run in the background.

Not sure what the issue may be, but my iPhone seems to 'run in background' as it auto connects to my car's handsfree system whenever I am in range.

Gundog · Guru

This thread proves one thing the majority of users are addicted to their mobile phones, which we are not. For us it's only used to make or receive phone calls and the odd text, the number of people that have our phone number is limited to our family and a few close friends. They know we don't carry the phone with us when we go out. One person commented we should get the app and carry our phone (not real practical because the phone is actually a tablet) plus we are in a locality where there is no recorded infections, then you stop and consider that almost 50% of all infections is attributed to NSW / Sydney. Watching 7 news from Sydney last night, almost 30 minutes the hour was drivel about Covid-19 related stories, take out sport, weather and advertising there was little other news.

Gundog · Guru

I have just finished reading the covid19 information from the SA dept of health, SA has 16 active cases, of which 15 are in metro Adelaide and 1 in Mt Gambier, then a look at QLD the majority is centered on metro area and Gold Coast, with 5 cases on the sunshine coast, there are regions of QLD that have no infections period, Victoria's data not as informative as other states. With around 1000 cases nationally active I say at a rough guess 90% are in metro areas, so if you don't live in the city you have little to be concerned about.

blaze · Guru

I live 80km away from the epi centre in tassie, A small regional town. It was started by 1 passenger off a cruise ship.
It has shut 2 hospitals, isolated/quarantined 5000 staff and families, shut down all busness apart from accentual services all in a little over 2 weeks
ya dreaming gundog
cheers
blaze

The Expats · Member

www.dungogchronicle.com.au/story/6705780/covid-19-in-the-hunter-new-england-health-district/

Umm

Gundog · Guru

The Expats.....The article is only a month out of date (dated 31 March) How effective is the app when you have an entire state with 1 case outside the metro area.

Kaid · Guru

I tried to download it but it said I needed an iPhone.

Dont have iPhone so it said to download it on google play.

Wouldnt download

Dick0 · Guru

blaze wrote:
Dick0 wrote:
Like any App...you can install it if "you" so decide and...you can always uninstall it if "you" so decide.
No need to be lectured here though about what I should or should not be doing!
My view.
no one lectured yo dicko, they have as you have, had an opinion
cheers
blaze

Good onya Blaze,

Ya must have thought you were the culprit.

confuse

blaze · Guru

Dick0 wrote:
blaze wrote:
Dick0 wrote:
Like any App...you can install it if "you" so decide and...you can always uninstall it if "you" so decide.
No need to be lectured here though about what I should or should not be doing!
My view.
no one lectured yo dicko, they have as you have, had an opinion
cheers
blaze
Good onya Blaze,
Ya must have thought you were the culprit.

no

Gundog · Guru

I seriously question the effectiveness of this app, and revelence when you look some states/territories, the NT has 3 active cases all are in hospital no new cases since the 6th of april, SA has 14 of which 4 are in hospital no new cases in the past 24 hours, then look at the 2 largest states WA & QLD both with less than 100 active cases and yet there are large regions of both states virus free. The narrative seems to lead to NSW, where the app Is most likely to be effective, less effective in metro Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.

JayDee · Guru

WE have downloaded the app.

Anyone who does not approve of downloading the app., may regret same action at a later date.

The powers to be know what they are taking about by approving the app for all of us.

Jay&Dee

Aussie1 · Guru

JayDee wrote:
WE have downloaded the app.
Anyone who does not approve of downloading the app., may regret same action at a later date.
The powers to be know what they are taking about by approving the app for all of us.
Jay&Dee

Hi Jay&Dee,

We have also. As have all the sensible people out there. Some just don't get it. Stay safe.

Ray

Mike Harding · Guru

JayDee wrote:
The powers to be know what they are taking about by approving the app for all of us.

Such touching naivety :)

The word on the street is the Apple app. has been reverse compiled (I imagine the Android one has too) and has a number of significant flaws not the least of it is its ability to operate, correctly, as a background process 'cause Apple don't like people messing with location services if GPS is not active and Bluetooth is in that basket.

Now, Bluetooth: a more frustrating frigging protocol there never was! I can hardly stop laughing: 1.5m they say, 1.5m ha, ha, ha! Have they found a new way to stop radio waves propagating? Have they found a new way to stop radio waves reflecting? Each of these wonderful discoveries would be worth a Nobel Prize in its own right.

Download and run it if you like but it's a waste of taxpayer's money.

https://www.innovationaus.com/atlassian-and-the-covidsafe-team/

dorian · Guru

Mike Harding wrote:
The word on the street is the Apple app. has been reverse compiled ...

Download and run it if you like but it's a waste of taxpayer's money.
https://www.innovationaus.com/atlassian-and-the-covidsafe-team/

Atlassian co-chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has been a vocal supporter of the contact tracing app, urging other tech founders and workers to back it and encourage others to download it.

"Commend the government on some smart privacy and security choices (data deleted after 21 days, open source code, . . ."

Why does open source code need to be reverse engineered?

Mike Harding · Guru

dorian wrote:
Why does open source code need to be reverse engineered?

It is my understanding that some, or all, of the source is not publicly available code.

In any event, there is no guarantee what is in the binary is represented in the source and with Apple and Android build platforms it is very difficult to create a binary which perfectly reflects the publicly available one - additionally self modifying code is always a possibility.

In this case I don't think it's so much a case of trust but much more one of the competence of the designers and programmers of the app.

Another link for you:

https://decrypt.co/26773/uproar-in-france-over-mass-surveillance-coronavirus-app

Bryan · Guru

Gundog wrote:
I have just finished reading the covid19 information from the SA dept of health, SA has 16 active cases, of which 15 are in metro Adelaide and 1 in Mt Gambier, then a look at QLD the majority is centered on metro area and Gold Coast, with 5 cases on the sunshine coast, there are regions of QLD that have no infections period, Victoria's data not as informative as other states. With around 1000 cases nationally active I say at a rough guess 90% are in metro areas, so if you don't live in the city you have little to be concerned about.

And it all started with ONE person.

Magnarc · Guru

As the bloke who started this thread I have read all the replies with interest, and your input has helped me make a decision, thank you all.

Gundog · Guru

Bryan not very correct, it really started in Australia with the Ruby Princess and multiple people returning to Oz from across the world who were never tested, but allowed to travel back to their homes.

Gundog · Guru

But this is about the app, how can app warn you of covid19 if the majority of the population are not tested.

A good example is my son who had the sniffles, went to a doctor , eventually he was tested, it took 3 days for the to advise him he was clear, at no time was he told to self isolate until the test results came back. Just think if the result was positive, he could have cross infected numerous people he came into contact with in the course of his job.

At last there is movement back to normallity, the NT opens pubs, cafes and restraunts on the 15th may and other activities crowd number etc start tomorrow.

-- Edited by Gundog on Thursday 30th of April 2020 04:27:25 PM

Greystone · Senior Member

If your son's results were positive and he had the app running on his phone, then the authorities would ask him to upload his app data to the national data base. And then every phone contact on his app recorded in the preceding 21 days would be sent a message that you have been in the proximity someone who was tested positive. It's then up to that recipient to decide whether or not he/she would go for a test. If your son didn't have the app, then all those people would have no idea until they come down with the virus and are subsequently tested. By that time they would have been in contact with numerous other people and so on. It really is a no brainer!