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#2767748 27-Aug-2021 17:20

Well there ya go

Is it IOS only I wonder? (or some particular phone home period). Sure not pestered everyone it seems.

My BT record is also dated the 20th, not 17th like others

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#2767887 28-Aug-2021 00:57

Had been complacent with my app tracer use pre-lockdown due to having Google tracking turned on the whole time...

Pretty handy having the regular places that you can star*

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#2767889 28-Aug-2021 00:59

Transferred location data from Google Maps to tracer app the moment lockdown was announced (although I know if ever, not having the actual location data recorded from QR makes a huge difference---better than nothing tho)

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#2767982 28-Aug-2021 11:11

Oblivian:

Well there ya go

Is it IOS only I wonder? (or some particular phone home period). Sure not pestered everyone it seems.

My BT record is also dated the 20th, not 17th like others

Android also. Got one yesterday.

Also, my last BT exposure check still showing as 17 Aug.

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#2768350 29-Aug-2021 13:40

Is big brother watching, or are others also keeping tabs on what we talk about here :)

Q was raised over BT during Q&A today.

And yes, they are aware app was used for alert push. Less so for BT work.

1st contact calls may not have asked users if they had BT on. And a sample of follow up ones found many did not. Despite the active figures.

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#2768352 29-Aug-2021 13:41

The use of bluetooth was questioned at the conference today

Ashley said they weren't asking people if they had bluetooth turned on at the first interview due to the number of cases.

He also said not many had it turned on in their app.

Ministry of Health have told media that fewer than 10 people received a bluetooth alert.

Hopefully the media do more investigation on this now.

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#2768356 29-Aug-2021 13:50

Yes, good to get an answer on this. It sounds like the contact tracers were not aware that they should collect bluetooth keys....! "We have given them a nudge around that".

I find it hard to believe that the Ministry of Health forgot the feature exists. But, if the above is true then we would expect to see exposure alerts/keys being sent out over the coming days for the new cases that are being announced.

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#2768365 29-Aug-2021 14:09

quantum40:

Yes, good to get an answer on this. It sounds like the contact tracers were not aware that they should collect bluetooth keys....! "We have given them a nudge around that".

I find it hard to believe that the Ministry of Health forgot the feature exists. But, if the above is true then we would expect to see exposure alerts/keys being sent out over the coming days for the new cases that are being announced.

Probably bit of the left hand not knowing or understanding what the right hand was doing.

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#2768366 29-Aug-2021 14:12

Yabanize:

The use of bluetooth was questioned at the conference today

Ashley said they weren't asking people if they had bluetooth turned on at the first interview due to the number of cases.

He also said not many had it turned on in their app.

Ministry of Health have told media that fewer than 10 people received a bluetooth alert.

Hopefully the media do more investigation on this now.

The poor answer from Bloomfield is simply inexcusable.

Their own stats show that yesterday that 1,926,154 devices had Bluetooth tracing enabled.

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#2768367 29-Aug-2021 14:13

As pointed out on the main thread.
APIs are opening up to save vaccination data too.

Wonder if it's on the horizon for us.

Australia have adapted the google pay method. While there is a non google pay one opening up too using 'Passes API'

https://support.google.com/pay/answer/10890261?hl=en

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#2768373 29-Aug-2021 14:22

Oblivian:

As pointed out on the main thread.
APIs are opening up to save vaccination data too.

Wonder if it's on the horizon for us.

Australia have adapted the google pay method. While there is a non google pay one opening up too using 'Passes API'

https://support.google.com/pay/answer/10890261?hl=en

It's my understanding that until the NIR solution (that's out new immunisation register than they needed to build for Covid) is further progressed that we have no way yet of doing centralised digital vaccine records. We're not like Australia who has a centralised app for health records - here people just have the likes of manage my health for their local GP.

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#2768383 29-Aug-2021 14:43

sbiddle:

Yabanize:

The use of bluetooth was questioned at the conference today

Ashley said they weren't asking people if they had bluetooth turned on at the first interview due to the number of cases.

He also said not many had it turned on in their app.

Ministry of Health have told media that fewer than 10 people received a bluetooth alert.

Hopefully the media do more investigation on this now.

The poor answer from Bloomfield is simply inexcusable.

Their own stats show that yesterday that 1,926,154 devices had Bluetooth tracing enabled.

The Covid app Bluetooth data tends to contradict Ashley Bloomfield's comments. 1,932,281 people with Bluetooth active out of 3,103,367 registrations, 61 %.

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#2768386 29-Aug-2021 15:01

Oblivian:

Well there ya go

Is it IOS only I wonder? (or some particular phone home period). Sure not pestered everyone it seems.

My BT record is also dated the 20th, not 17th like others

Where in the app can I see mine?

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#2768390 29-Aug-2021 15:16

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Oblivian:

Well there ya go

Is it IOS only I wonder? (or some particular phone home period). Sure not pestered everyone it seems.

My BT record is also dated the 20th, not 17th like others

Where in the app can I see mine?

Can only answer for Android. I guess iOS would be similar. It's not in the app but in you phone settings , "Google (Google Services)" - "Covid -19 Exposure Notifications" then tap on the three dots at top right of your screen then tap "Exposure checks".

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#2768396 29-Aug-2021 15:31

Technofreak:

Can only answer for Android. I guess iOS would be similar. It's not in the app but in you phone settings , "Google (Google Services)" - "Covid -19 Exposure Notifications" then tap on the three dots at top right of your screen then tap "Exposure checks".

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