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The New Government "Virus Tracker" App/Software

Disambiguating Cynosure
over 3 years ago

...Greetings, Anyone, This is My first Thread since March ("Lockdown")... (Perhaps a pattern may be seen here. Thus anyone of a paranoid/nervous nature (e.g.Myself!) might best not read further...)

I start This Thread seeing if anyone else understands what I am also thinking. I once read in a Newspaper that "The UK is the most surveillance-heavy Nation after China and Russia"... so what will this "Virus Tracker App" be doing after 2021, given that it has & links Names, or EMails, or Addresses, or Details about a Person...? 

Also, what is to stop Persons putting in a False Name/Address/Email...instead of their own? 

Also, what if a person is forced to isolate (through being contacted by this App)... then after 14 days they have no symptoms... but then upon the <>13th day they get yet another message forcing them to Isolate again? (& Over & over...)


Also, what is to stop Malicious Hackers from falsifying information about others...?

...Apart from all of that... Glad Tidings to anyone reading.

Parents
  • over 3 years ago

    If you do feel the need to use it.  Buy a new phone, factory reset it.  Make a new google account. Put nothing on the phone but the app and dont put a sim in it.  Just walk around with it, with bluetooth on and nothing else.  then once a day, let it upload.  Sure they can track who you were near, but in the spirit of things you can use it, but not put your own phone and its data at risk.  Or at least thats the way I plan to run it.  If not well, I will switch over to my old 3310 and bollocks to the app.

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  • over 3 years ago

    If you do feel the need to use it.  Buy a new phone, factory reset it.  Make a new google account. Put nothing on the phone but the app and dont put a sim in it.  Just walk around with it, with bluetooth on and nothing else.  then once a day, let it upload.  Sure they can track who you were near, but in the spirit of things you can use it, but not put your own phone and its data at risk.  Or at least thats the way I plan to run it.  If not well, I will switch over to my old 3310 and bollocks to the app.

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  • over 1 year ago in reply to __Pathfinder__

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We certainly understand the concerns that you and other people have about the new government virus tracker app/software. Rest assured that it has been designed with security and privacy in mind, so your data will remain safe and secure. We encourage you to read up on the information available about this software before making a decision on whether or not to use it. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out and we will be more than happy to assist you.