On 2020/08/10 9:38 pm, kheit...@kheitman.com wrote:
> Last weekend I noticed it was not working - on opening it I was informed
> that the app "requires" location to be set on in order to run.
Yes. Bluetooth is considered by Google to be part of location services.
I believe some places like
On 11/8/20 11:36 am, kheit...@kheitman.com wrote:
Thanks Bernard, that's the answer.
Specifically,
https://github.com/vteague/contactTracing/blob/master/blog/2020-07-07IssueSummary.md#25--android-app-loses-location-permission-after-1039-update-
I noticed this myself a couple of weeks back.
Thanks Bernard, that's the answer.
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On 11/08/2020 9:30 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
Have a look at Issue
Have a look at Issue 23 here:
https://github.com/vteague/contactTracing#readme
Jim Mussared and Vanessa Teague probably know more about this app than
most people.
brd
On 11/08/2020 10:36 am, kheit...@kheitman.com wrote:
> Yeah nah Scott.
> Anyone else with actual experience of this app?
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Yeah nah Scott.
Anyone else with actual experience of this app?
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On 10/08/2020 10:59 pm, Scott Howard wrote:
This isn't new.
Android devices have always required applications that do any form of
Bluetooth scanning to have the "Location" permission. This doesn't mean
that they are collecting your location using GPS (although with this
permission they could), but is done because Bluetooth scanning can be
Hi all,
As one of the users of the Australian Government's COVIDsafe app from
the outset, I've noticed two major updates since first download.
The first was a few weeks ago, when I manually updated the app (there is
no "update" function) - on download it now had more information screens
and
[The app is being downloaded (including updates) significantly fewer
than 10,000/day
COVIDSafe app yet to trace useful number of unique cases despite second
wavehttps://www.smh.com.au/national/covidsafe-app-yet-to-trace-useful-number-of-unique-cases-despite-second-wave-20200725-p55fd7.html
By
Hmm .. a COVIDSafe app telling us when the covid virus was here recently would
be popular
“Apartment residents raise alarm over Victorian advice on communal areas”
By Michael Fowler July 15, 2020
In my opinion, the app should have more inclusive features.
Rather than simply a contact alert, it needs environment warnings.
By that I mean an alert to a recent lawful-presence, nearby, by one or
more currently-registered covid-19 cases. Where cases are not locked
down we make app-registration
[Since 27 June, CovideSafe has been downloaded about 9,000/day. The
curve has flattened.
COVIDSafe app slammed as a “$2 million failure”
https://themarketherald.com.au/covidsafe-app-slammed-as-a-2-million-failure-2020-07-14/
* The Federal Government's COVIDSafe mobile app has come under recent
This is from GitHub, the contacts are Jim Mussared and Vanessa Teague.
"This is the latest in a series of blog posts on automated contact
tracing, especially (but not only) Australia's COVIDSafe app."
COVIDSafe issues found by the tech community (7 July)
On 9/6/20 11:10 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> [COVIDSafe is starting to look like yet another simple idea, badly (or
> not at all), thought through.
I wrote to Danham Sadler at 08:00, saying:
> At a quick glance, the authors seem to have completely overlooked the
question of whether the app
[COVIDSafe is starting to look like yet another simple idea, badly (or
not at all), thought through.
COVIDSafe ‘extremely limited’: New research
https://www.innovationaus.com/covidsafe-extremely-limited-new-research/
Denham Sadler
Senior Reporter
9 June 2020
The effectiveness of COVIDSafe is
On 31/05/2020 2:35 pm, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> It's the duplicity of the government that annoys me. Sometimes the full force
> of the legal system crashes down on them (cf RoboDebt), but until the public
> service learns the lessons I believe we have to keep hammering away at them,
>
Mmmm …
From my experience they tend to hide behind catch-phrases like “World’s Best
Practice” and award themselves self assessed gongs and appropriations, rather
than face the simple truth that the vast majority of their IT projects are
debacles and disasters.
That said, the I find the fact
On 31/05/2020 1:49 pm, Karl Schaffarczyk wrote:
> So, people have lost interest. But what of it?
It's the duplicity of the government that annoys me. Sometimes the full
force of the legal system crashes down on them (cf RoboDebt), but until
the public service learns the lessons I believe we have
: Bernard Robertson-Dunn
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> On 29 May, Scotty from marketing provided an update on the COVIDSafe
> app downloads. He said that there had been over 6.1
On 29 May, Scotty from marketing provided an update on the COVIDSafe
app downloads. He said that there had been over 6.1 million downloads of
the app.
https://www.pm.gov.au/media/update-following-national-cabinet-meeting
The previous update was on 24 May
COVIDSafe may need privacy changes to use new Apple and Google tool
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/covidsafe-may-need-privacy-changes-to-use-new-apple-and-google-tool-20200521-p54v36.html
SMH
By Tim Biggs
21/May/2020
The new "exposure notification" technology rolled out on Thursday by
Apple
According to the guardian more than 5.87 million COVIDSafe apps have
been downloaded.since it went live a month ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/19/nsw-and-victoria-are-unable-to-use-covidsafe-apps-data-for-contact-tracing
There was an update on 14 May, so anyone who has
[Why did the government release what is obviously a beta version
[well before the legislation had passed parliament?
[And why is the Defence Minister making statements?
[The contradictions and walk-backs are starting to look a lot
[like Boris Johnsons' bumblings
COVIDSafe update closes denial
On 2020-05-10 00:09, Karl Auer wrote:
>> We are releasing the app code, but to ensure the privacy of individuals and
>> integrity of the overall system, the code that relates to the COVIDSafe
>> National Information Storage System will not be released.
>
> Why not? If it is secure, no amount
Karl writes,
> .. believing that hiding the code will somehow protect the
> system is dangerously, foolishly naive. Three words that pretty well
> sum up the Australian Government's when it comes to large-scale IT.
>
>.. I have no faith whatsoever in the Government's ability to do anything
>
On Sat, 2020-05-09 at 12:15 +, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Yes well, to me it might seem normal to at least wait till after the
> first update to release/publish source code?
If this were medicine, would you see it as appropriate to have
administered the first 5 million doses to the public at
On 2020-05-09 21:39, Roger Clarke wrote:
> It can be safely assumed that sanitisation has occurred before release.
> No dead dogs, or dog-kicking apparatus, are likely to be found.
On 2020-05-09 21:09, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> On the other hand, and as promised, they have released the source
Roger writes,
> "released ... fairly speedily"??? 13 days after release, after
> 5m downloads and attempted installations??? Frankly, I
>*wasn't* all that suspicious. But 13 days?
Yes well, to me it might seem normal to at least wait till after the first
update to release/publish source
All in all the government doesn't seem to be pushing people very hard
to download and use it [The App] or pinning its hopes on the thing.
On 9/5/20 9:09 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
... Perhaps the government is feeling nervous after the NBN, RoboDebt, the
Census, the medical records initiative,
On 2020-05-08 16:22, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> In fact most of the scripted propaganda/adverts re COVIDSafe has come from
> Professor Murphy, not the politicians
>
> All in all the government doesn't seem to be pushing people very hard to
> download and use it [The App] or pinning its
A few observations, following the press conference this afternoon:
COVIDSafe was released on Sunday 26 April.
It was downloaded 2million times in the first two days.
By the end of today (Friday) the government says it will have reached 5
Million downloads in 12 days.
That means, after the
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On 29/4/20 9:42 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> Good point.
>
> I wonder how much/fast data the app accumulates and what the impact
> might be on the phone if it maxes out the
On 29/4/20 9:42 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
Good point.
I wonder how much/fast data the app accumulates and what the impact
might be on the phone if it maxes out the storage space?
Do we know what language this app is written in? What libraries it
utilises / links, if any?
There's a
On Wed, 2020-04-29 at 09:42 +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> I wonder how much/fast data the app accumulates and what the impact
> might be on the phone if it maxes out the storage space?
>
> Do we know what language this app is written in? What libraries it
> utilises / links, if any?
>
On 28/04/2020 11:22 pm, Karl Auer wrote:
>
> I think the point is that they said one thing, but the app does
> another. As anyone who knew anything about Bluetooth could
> have told them (and I believe did in fact tell them).
>
Good point.
I wonder how much/fast data the app accumulates and what
On Tue, 2020-04-28 at 22:35 +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> On 28/04/2020 6:23 pm, Kim Holburn wrote:
> >
> > 1.5 metres for 15 minutes
> Nobody knows if this is appropriate.
>
> By recording all contacts, at least the government has the
> ability/option to look at other values.
>
I
On 28/04/2020 6:23 pm, Kim Holburn wrote:
> 1.5 metres for 15 minutes
Nobody knows if this is appropriate.
By recording all contacts, at least the government has the
ability/option to look at other values.
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Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email: b...@iimetro.com.au
https://www.intothebloodstream.com.au/2020/04/covidsafe.html
> The first iteration of Australia's contact tracing app seems to stack up, but
> privacy concerns relating to future changes to the app, as well as
> limitations on government data-use remain, with good reasons. I hope this
>
Oh dear, not a good look, especially when the government wants people to
trust them.
And notice some media are using "tracking" rather than "tracing"
Coronavirus tracking app that holds the key to ending lockdown gets off
to a flying start with over a million downloads - but some users are
told
Bernard writes,
> The new app is called CovidSafe and details are available here
> https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app
If Fortress-Australia fails, and the following news item is correct, we will
ALL NEED this Covid Safe application.
Am I reading the future
The government released a Coronavirus app a few weeks ago. It is called
Coronavirus Australia and was a very simple app that only provided links
to other sites and is available in the Google Play Store.
The new app is called CovidSafe and details are available here
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