On 3/5/20 9:22 am, Tom Worthington wrote:
The ABC has reported that some without mobile phone coverage are unable
to activate the COVIDSafe app. They can download the app via WiFi, but
Telstra doesn't forward the conformation text message via WiFi to their
subscribers, so the app is not activated.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-05-01/rural-residents-unable-to-use-covidsafe-app/12202772
Damn, yet another one to add to the collection at 2.5:
The Effectiveness of Bluetooth Proximity Apps
in Tracing People with COVID-19 Exposure Risk
https://rogerclarke.com/EC/EBPA.html#EF
But I guess it's a reasonable argument that most people without Telstra
mobile phone coverage are very skilled at maintaining spatial
separation, and hence most are in the lowest-priority target segments.
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