NHS Covid-19 app

[Marked Ox]

Damn! I shall have to un-install the app right away. Not the NHS, you say? Poor show. Very poor show.

Just what are they doing with my taxes? I want an NHS app. Sack the government.

I like that last idea. ?

 

[Manorlounger]

I like that last idea. ?

Oh, don't worry, they are doing a grand job all by themselves.

Very depressing, an opportunity to show how they can deal with a cataclysmic event and they come up short. Even worse, Labour have a leader who knows when to say absolutely b****r all and still come out looking good.

 

[Northstandboy]

Make me laugh the amount of comments about data security and they use Facebook ??

 

[Scotchegg]

I`m waiting for the "its Big Brother" conspiracy theorists to roll up...................................................

You know those folk who don`t own mobile phones nor use the internet....

Or post on some obscure football forum!

 

[SteMerritt]

Police told not to download NHS Covid-19 app

National Police Chiefs Council says officers should not install contact-tracing app on work phones.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Northstandboy]

Police told not to download NHS Covid-19 app

National Police Chiefs Council says officers should not install contact-tracing app on work phones.

www.bbc.co.uk

But what if the officer gets Covid-19 and has been in close contact with a member of public ON and OFF duty?

 

[Oslernorth]

iPhone 6s onwards

So an iPhone 6 wont download it?

 

[Sarge]

But what if the officer gets Covid-19 and has been in close contact with a member of public ON and OFF duty?

while the idea of track n trace etc via this app is a good one ... thing is ,although it (the app) has NHS as a prefix, its nowt to do with NHS, and its a half (Han) cocked set up at best... it only 'works' on specific makes/ models & set ups of hand held devices, missing well over half, possibly 2/3 of the UK population , even if all who were able/ capable of downloading it and it actually worked as it should, the figure of those missing from the system would be close to 2/3 of the population Idve thought

 

[LowerSouth]

So an iPhone 6 wont download it?

Apparently too old and will not accept the iOS 13.5 update required for app to operate .
Try your phone to confirm .

 

[LowerSouth]

Battery drain by Bluetooth is a myth, there will be loads of sources about this . Maybe the software itself is causing an issue?

As you say, definitely not Bluetooth.

 

[Essexyellows]

Police told not to download NHS Covid-19 app

National Police Chiefs Council says officers should not install contact-tracing app on work phones.

www.bbc.co.uk

That is standard on work phones.
Gives the IT bods something to do, normally at the most awkward time............

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Battery drain by Bluetooth is a myth, there will be loads of sources about this . Maybe the software itself is causing an issue?

Well it's certainly *does* cause battery drain, whatever the reason (on my Android phone at least - I can't speak for anyone else). I can notice the quite marked difference. I shall leave it off and turn it on for the few times I am out and about.
I have just been down to the far end of Cornwall to visit my mum (brought you all a pasty back ) and had it on when I took her to the supermarket and garden centre and when I stopped at service stations each way. But I wasn't within 2m of *anyone* (apart from her, and I suspect germs wouldn't *dare* go anywhere near her!) for a solid 15 minutes on any of those occasions - that is quite a long time! I guess it's really for those going out to work, pub/restaurant users and those on public transport.

 

[Oxymoron]

Anyone know why the app doesn't use GPS to keep track of where I am and warn me if I enter a high risk area? Would have thought such a feature would be beneficial.

 

[Northstandboy]

Anyone know why the app doesn't use GPS to keep track of where I am and warn me if I enter a high risk area? Would have thought such a feature would be beneficial.

Have you seen all the data scare mongering and people thinking the Government would use the app to spy on them?

If location services was used, that would tip them over the edge.

BTW, they probably use a Google or Apple smart phone, with Facebook, maybe TikTok installed. Yet worried about a health app. D*CKS

 

[Essexyellows]

Anyone know why the app doesn't use GPS to keep track of where I am and warn me if I enter a high risk area? Would have thought such a feature would be beneficial.

You can manually edit the postcode and it changes.

 

[Northstandboy]

You can manually edit the postcode and it changes.

How?

 

[Oxymoron]

Glad it's not just me.

 

[Essexyellows]

How?

Click on the App..... About this App .... scroll down to Manage my data.....Postal District - Edit.

 

[Northstandboy]

Click on the App..... About this App .... scroll down to Manage my data.....Postal District - Edit.

Ah yes and you can see venue check in history.

 

[makv]

I carry something like this when I am out for the day, it's small, hardly notice it https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KY63Z3R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_B7bCFbB4GT8VR

But these days I'm barely out of the house long enough to even lose 50% battery.

Pervert