Actually this thread is incredibly useful in determining who you should be avoiding contact with. lol.
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How to Disable COVID-19 Exposure Notifications in iOS 13.5
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The only advantage of the German government being so slowing is that I will probably be either 10 years older or dead by the time the app gets released here. Just read that they apparently haven’t even had any talks, no budget, not talked to either google or Apple let alone commissioned anyone to actually build it
They don‘t have to talk to Apple or Google since this is a public API. Also Deutsche Telekom and SAP have already been announced as the contractors in Germany. So I don’t know what you are talking about.
So whats to stop someone from putting down they are positive and going to sporting or other large traffic events this fall and causing more panic? Even better show up to work and force everyone to go remote again when everyone sees they are exposed.
I thought this was supposed to be defaulted to "OPT-OUT" so that you would have to enable it to participate.
Die Bundesregierung kann derzeit noch keine weiteren Details für die Fertigstellung der Corona-Tracing-App nennen. "Bisher gibt's weder einen Auftrag noch ein Budget- oder Zeitplan. Noch nicht mal ein Gespräch mit Apple/Google gab es. Enttäuschend!", twitterte der Vorsitzende des Bundestags-Digitalausschusses, Manuel Höferlin (FDP), nach einer Ausschusssitzung am Mittwoch in Berlin.
And LOL at Telekom. We have a corporation with them and the [another / different area] app still hasn’t launched since the press release last October. It’s a mess, starting with agreeing on a button color after XY meetings
The apps. They could e.g. be designed such that the user can upload their random IDs, but they would not be added to the list of "diagnosed" IDs (that other phones can then download to detect exposures) without authorization by a medical professional.
My question is, how does your phone know you have been infected in the first place? Is it up to the individual user to enable something on the phone?
No, herd immunity is the key. As it's been stated before by medical professionals, now that more tests are being done it is being discovered that while this virus is super contagious, it's not as deadly as originally believed and might be less deadly than the flu.
Since people are going to jump without reading, note that I said not as deadly, I did not say that this virus is not deadly. It is less deadly than the flu when using current numbers.
They explained it in this post:
Apple Lays Groundwork for Coronavirus Exposure Notification API in iOS 13.5 Beta 3 and New Xcode 11.5 Beta [Updated]
Apple is today releasing the third beta of iOS 13.5 for developers along with the first beta of Xcode 11.5, laying the groundwork for the release of...
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No. Those clever enough to think this saves them from the virus have probably overdosed on bleach already.
It does not. It only records the random IDs of other phones that you have been in close contact with over the last 14 days. Only when you have been diagnosed your own IDs will be uploaded by the contact tracing apps so other phones can see them.
Because [in America at least] we have a right to privacy.
Never trust "anonymous" data, it can nearly always be de-anonymized as is likely going to be abused by government for "the better of all".
Since I'm sure a biased mod will remove this post, I AM NOT being political when I say the US government does not deserve our trust with the crap they've done in the past and currently do in regards to "privacy" and illegal activity.
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Source: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/29/apple-exposure-notification-api-groundwork-ios/
Now that I am looking at the picture, how the hell are the anonymous beacons "anonymous" if they change frequently? There has to be some reference record to notify the appropriate people and pair contact data.
Ah, just like what the phone carriers worldwide are doing for the last two decades? Got ya.
There are estimates that the number of people infected with the CoV who are asymptomatic but still capable of spreading the virus (to someone else who might die from it) is anywhere from 50X to 80X the number of tested and confirmed cases.
If so.... contact tracing is virtually worthless to the end user
If so.... contact tracing is virtually worthless to the end user
I have seen it on mainstream media. I believe some countries are opting out because they want more information that this provides.
Seriously just installed the public beta its opt-in by default. They have been saying for weeks you have to turn it on.
Agreed. The ‘button’ is merely a reminder. Outside of notifications, it’s about practicing A.)social distancing, B.) basic hygiene and C.) overall set the example for others what we need to do to collectively make the change with through everybody’s effort.
I can't stress hand washing enough... we're seeing that up to 80% of the cases were from poor hand hygiene. i.e., touching a contaminated surface, and then touching your face.
I bet you $100 that the button does absolutely nothing.