Covid App: Yay or Nay

[snorri]

Nay, my Android already has three apps and apparently I would need to dump one of these in order to make space for the Covid app.
I usually leave my 'phone at home when I'm out anyway.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Oh, and I wouldn't trust Dido Harding to run a bath.

Having Harding, with her history of appalling data hygiene, to head things up isn't exactly confidence inspiring either.

because it's run by Harding and co

Nay. For these reasons

Given they made the head of Public Health England the director who oversaw one of the biggest leaks of personal information in the UK - I have to say I am not sure what they are hoping to inspire, but confidence isn't it.

Hmmmph - bit of a theme here.

I own a mobile phone but hardly ever use it . I prefer using a land line .

+1.
Also mine runs at 95+% memory full. No space for an app even if I wanted.

But if I did have the tech and used it a lot as well as had to be out and about mixing with the rest of humanity then I would I think. But I don't, I don't and I don't.

 

[marinyork]

I would say Yay on principle that anything's better than nothing... but I got an alert yesterday to say I'd been in contact with one person who's tested +ve with Covd- 19 at 12:15... I was driving at the time so can only imagine that I'd been sitting at traffic lights or something similar when someone walked past the car! So it would be impossible to catch it - yet do I now have to self-isolate? Not clear from the app what I'm supposed to do.

Does it look like this?

 

[Archie_tect]

Does it look like this?

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Many thanks @marinyork, no, it didn't... it was just a message alert telling me the time of contact. I didn't get that disp[ay on my screen so that's me clear.

 

[Bazzer]

Mrs B and I downloaded the app shortly after it's release, but it's a real battery life sucker. And certainly in the case of my own 'phone, much more than previously when bluetooth was set to be on.

 

[Glenn]

I've just bought a new phone 3 weeks ago (Poco F2), I installed the app last week, can't say I noticed any excess battery drain. In normal use for me the battery is lasting 4+ days.

 

[Jenkins]

I would say Yay on principle that anything's better than nothing... but I got an alert yesterday to say I'd been in contact with one person who's tested +ve with Covd- 19 at 12:15... I was driving at the time so can only imagine that I'd been sitting at traffic lights or something similar when someone walked past the car! So it would be impossible to catch it - yet do I now have to self-isolate? Not clear from the app what I'm supposed to do.

Here's a thing, though... I got a notification this morning telling me I may have been in proximity to someone who may have Covid-19 ("may" doing a lot of work there).

I've been stationary in three places outside our house in the last week for more than 15 mins;

(1) my local pub for some lunch on Friday, where I was sat at a table, alone, and nobody else was within 2m of me (or even 5m)

(2) the cinema on Sunday; again, nobody apart from my youngest within 5m of us

(3) the bus going home from the cinema, nobody within 2m again

I've been in supermarkets a few times, but not been in the proximity of any given individual for more than 15 mins. Outside of that, everybody gets swerved. I'm probably more likely to get run over than anything else because I'm walking in the road to avoid people.

So... What is this app measuring?

There's an article on the BBC about disappearing alerts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54389083. Was it one of these you had?

 

[Dec66]

There's an article on the BBC about disappearing alerts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54389083. Was it one of these you had?

There's an article on the BBC about disappearing alerts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54389083. Was it one of these you had?

Yes, that one.

 

[Archie_tect]

There's an article on the BBC about disappearing alerts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54389083. Was it one of these you had?

That appears to be what happened to me.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I’ve had the Scottish app for about a week now and there is very little additional drop in battery life. Quite surprised by that.

 

[lazybloke]

I’ve had the Scottish app for about a week now and there is very little additional drop in battery life. Quite surprised by that.

Some phones (ie mine) are just rubbish on the best of days.i"m just surprised that adding 1 app and enabling BT made the battery drain so quickly

 

[oldwheels]

Nay, my Android already has three apps and apparently I would need to dump one of these in order to make space for the Covid app.
I usually leave my 'phone at home when I'm out anyway.

Same thing on my old MotoG. I will not take it. I always carry a phone now since I slipped last year in my top garden on wet grass. My leg went under a gate and tho' I was not hurt I realised that if I was injured it would be a long time before anybody came looking for me and I was not overlooked by any other houses either. I would probably have died of hypothermia if incapacitated.

 

[MontyVeda]

I've just bought a new phone 3 weeks ago (Poco F2), I installed the app last week, can't say I noticed any excess battery drain. In normal use for me the battery is lasting 4+ days.

Some phones (ie mine) are just rubbish on the best of days.i"m just surprised that adding 1 app and enabling BT made the battery drain so quickly

All depends on the phone you have, and how old it is. Bluetooth and/or GPS drains my trusty old mobile in no time. My newer mobile is much more resilient to such things... but i still primarily use the old one, with BT and GPS switched off.

 

[raleighnut]

Nay for now at least as it will be ridden with bugs and probably security vulnerabilities.

Once it gets to a stable release ... maybe. But probably still nay as I don't like the idea of installing Dominic Cummings on my phone.

Aye, mister 'Megadata'

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nay for now at least as it will be ridden with bugs and probably security vulnerabilities.

Once it gets to a stable release ... maybe. But probably still nay as I don't like the idea of installing Dominic Cummings on my phone.

The Cummings navigation app has two destinations Barnard Castle and Durham.