NHS Tracker App

Not sure about this, I may be wrong and looking at the wrong sites, but on browsing the internet, there are concerns.  Apparently this is not an NHS app, it is Circo, which is not even British, and they want all your details. Which they will no doubt keep forever. There are reoprts that people are being wrongly told to self issolate, and if their phone is then tracked away from home they are fined.  We are 70 and being very careful, following all the rules, but also very warey of modern mobile phones and downloading anything. 

I am not sure what your concerns are based on? I downloaded the App as soon as it was available and the only question I was asked, at that stage, was what my post code was. 

The information regarding personal information is included in the app and as noted below.

"The app has access to the postcode district you added in the registration, a history of the places you've checked into in the last 14 days, your last test result and the start date of symptoms. When you've use the QR codes to check into venues, venue data is stored for 21 days. You can delete the stored data whenever you want."

The reason it's not an NHS app is that the NHS app didn't work!!! 

I am sure you are taking care of yourself, as all us oldies are, but the app is there to alert you to being in close proximity to people with the virus. Details of how it works can be seen here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54250736

David

Be sure you download only the genuine app, Wreaker. To be even more secure, only download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play where it will have been security checked first.

As David said, I only needed to supply my postcode. I’m the cautious type but was happy with this.

I don’t know which country of the UK you live in but this is the 'real' England & Wales app.

As David said, I only needed to supply my postcode. I’m the cautious type but was happy with this.

Same for us; very, very wary of downloading anything, but downloaded it from Google Play and the only details asked for was our postcode, nothing else.  I was initially thinking name, full address etc would be asked for, but no, only postcode, nothing else.

hi have been told the police have been told not to down load Covid app think ill wait and talk to friend who is in police before I decide about down loading it

not quite right .... 

"It is important that we have confidence that the NHS app will work for officers and staff consistently across the country, and it is for this reason that we have recommended that officers and staff download the app to their personal, as opposed to work devices, rather than any suggestion of security implications."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54328644

Mylo,   I seem to recall seeing yesterday that the " Do not down load "  instruction has been withdrawn & the police are now permitted to download on both Official & privately owned Mobiles.

Sorry ED,  Cross posting 

It's been made clear that requests to self isolate received via the app are unenforceable because of the anonymity. It means they don't know who you are or anything about you so I can't see any concerns.

I don’t know what all the fuss is about. Download and activate the app. Protect yourself and others.

I know it depends on where one is but on average how long does it take to get a test and then receive the results? The reason for the question, on Friday evening I went out to a restaurant (the first time in many weeks and for our wedding anniversary) where the Covid precautions looked excellent. One way systems in place, tables between 3 and 4 metres apart and plenty of sanitisers around.

Last night, Monday, I got an alert on my phone to tell me I had been near someone who had tested positive for Covid. The restaurant was the only place I had been to since downloading the app so it must be connected to someone at an adjacent table. If this assumption is correct how did they realise they had Covid symptoms after being at the restaurant and then get a test done and get the results back in the space of less than 72 hours and over a weekend? Or did they go to the restaurant knowing they were positive, a bit like the Scottish MP?

At first I thought it might be a glitch on the app as I had always worked on the principle of the 'danger' point being less than 2 metres apart  for 15 minutes or more and the tables were much further apart than that. But this, apparently, isn't the case. The app adds up points at the rate of 300 points per 5 minutes of close proximity if 0 to 2 metres apart and then 150 points per 5 minutes for a distance of between 2 and 4 metres. When the score reaches 900 the alert is triggered so in our case 30 minutes or more. If greater than 4 metres the app doesn't work.

The bottom line is that I have to self isolate for another 10 days and hope I don't go down with it but one thing is for sure, I won't be going to a restaurant again any time soon as I know of none that have tables spread more than 4 metres apart and a meal usually takes far longer than 30 minutes.