MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
The Government are just about to trial the C-19 track & trace app on the Isle of Wight. If it becomes nationally available, will you be downloading it?
Will you be downloading the Government track & trace app?
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Cwrw666
Landlord.
I voted no. I do have a smart phone but don't actually carry it round with me as I also have a life.
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
I dont have a smart phone but if I did I wouldnt download the app. Governments in general just dont seem to be very good at these big IT projects. Plus it seems Serco & G4S will be handling the project. Serco were fined nearly £20m for a prisoner tagging balls up. G4S ballsed up the security at the olympics. I dont think I'd want to give my data to companies like that
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-tracing-serco-g4s-private-firm-a9497371.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-tracing-serco-g4s-private-firm-a9497371.html
To be honest i don't have anything on my phone that i would worry about if the worst case scenario happened and their security wasn't up to the job, if i used my phone for banking as many do i probably wouldn't use the app having said that i probably wouldn't use most apps that most people use every day without giving security a second thought.
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I think they will have already thought about this, If you log you have symptoms you have to get tested if you didn't turn up i am sure it'll be flagged up somewhere.
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
Whilst I dont particularly care who knows what Im interested in buying on the internet. Im a lot more wary about giving medical data away about myself. Particularly to companies that have shown themselves to be unscrupulous
How would you do this?
Big no from me simply because i dont trust the them with data, on a different note did you know most modern cars have more code than a 747 and all hackable
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
Whilst many people dont care about giving away everything about themselves, some people (like me) are more wary, so I would say you need to inspire confidence in those people. Using companies like G4S & Serco doesnt inspire confidence. So for a start I'd use different companies.
The other thing Im wondering is, (I'm not sure about this so perhaps someone who knows more can chip in), doesnt a certain percentage of the population have to download the app for the whole project to work?
So some folks are more concerned about the possibility of personal data mishandling rather than perhaps saving their own or someone else's life. I find that perverse.
Google apps anyone?
Google apps anyone?
when you're dead your GDPR no longer applies.
Wilfy
Junior Member
No. Don’t trust them with my data and it’ll show all my unnecessary trips out!
Yes I would do it for the greater good. Not like they're getting my bank details.
I think 50 percent need to download it.
Bigjas
Landlord.
Yes I will use the app. Need to do everything we can to get to some kind of normal, whatever that might be. I’m pretty sure the other apps on my phone are more intrusive than this new one.
Won't download the app seems too much like big brother. What happens if you have been near a stranger who has said they have symptoms (genuine or done as joke) are you then expected to self isolate for 14 days when you have not got the disease. Some idiots will say they have it for fun. Remember if they have informed you you maybe affected they will be able to track your movements.
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