There's no way in the world I will ever use this tracking app.
Legally, access to the data is a free for all for law enforcement agencies.
A "nah they won't" at a press conference isn't good enough for me.
??what a crack up ... I am sure you think your under the radar .. reality is they now everything about you and know exactly where you are and what you are purchasing. Do people really think they have privacy anymore ! There are more apps running on your phone now that track all your movements and thoughts ?
So if they know all that already, why do we need to download the app?
It will help capture those cases of Covid19 where the source is unknown. All the app does is note who you have been near. It doesn’t track where you have been or anything else for that matter.
So if someone you have been near tests positive to Covid19 health care can let you know that you have been in proximity of the virus. If you test positive for Covid19 health care can let those people you have been near know that they have been in close proximity of the virus.
Pretty straight forward really.
How can they know who I've been near if they don't track where I've been?
If you don't know where I've been, then you don't know where I've been, so you can't know who I've been near.
Seriously? it stores the phone number of anyone you have been in close contact with for 15 minutes.
When was the last time (during this circus) that you spent 15mins within 1.5m of a total stranger?
This app is a joke
You do realise that the app is for when restrictions are lifted? Try reading before making uninformed comments.
Are you going to spend 15m within 1.5m of a stranger when the restrictions are lifted?
I hope so
Well you are dumber than I thought.
So you won't come within 1.5 mtrs of anyone ever again?
Of course I will, I'm talking about immediately after the restrictions are lifted.
How long are you going to keep the app after restrictions are lifted?
When will you feel safe to be "app free"
I don't actually have the app, when I return to work there will be times have to be within 1.5 mtrs of people for up to an hour.
You have no knowledge of how this app is implemented but are arguing against it. You claim other people are sheep but you argue from a position of ignorance, at least research the topic before getting involved.
The biggest issue I have with this app is the location of the stored data.
You're nieve enough to trust that what they say about this app is true.
I don't trust governments, their track record speaks for itself.
Govern = Control
Ment = Mind
Remember this
I remember you brought up this Latin translation of Government, though maybe you should go further to find the origins of a word rather than just the Latin translation, the word Government actually comes to us by a 3 step translation from Greek to Latin to French, Govern comes from the Greek *kubernan* (to steer) which is then latinised to *gubernare* (steer/rule) then passed on to Old French as *governer*.
And while the -ment ending does come from a Latin word meaning mind, it is used in English as one of the standard ways of converting a verb to a noun, for example advertisement, ailment, disappointment, encouragement, enlightenment, embankment, embellishment, endowment, enrollment, judgement, commencement, adjustment, amendment, appointment, announcement, argument, assignment, assortment, attachment, development, employment
By the way Nieve is Spanish for snow.