Thread: Covid 19 App poll.

Almost 3 million downloads in 3 days! We will easily get to the required number signed up.
Australians are smarter than many give us credit for. Billy Shorten found that out the hard way!
Eventually most people will get to the view that if downloading the app helps to get things back to normal quicker, then they will do so!
Not that I think they can track you with this app, but if they could, I hope they find me down around the mouth of the McArthur R in the NT because the borders are open.
I downloaded it as soon as it became available!
I am a 'half glass full' kind of guy, and think that we will bounce back from this faster than predicted, just as Rona has not been anywhere as bad here as predicted.

Originally Posted by Barraman

Eventually most people will get to the view that if downloading the app helps to get things back to normal quicker, then they will do so!

sounds like ransom.

Originally Posted by Eevo

sounds like ransom.

or common sense!

It "Stores your data on your phone until you are contacted by the government [health] and then upload the data from your phone". It also stores MY details if we sit on the same bus for >15 minutes on your phone and yours on mine [at the least an identifier that they can use to get my phone # and other app registration information from] otherwise how will they know to contact me to request that I upload the data that is only stored on my phone?

I'll rely on herd immunity [enough OTHER people are vaccinated by the app so I don't have to be] thanks

one of the guys at work installed it...

his battery life is halved. As I need to rely on my phone having solid battery performance as a safety measure the app stays off till they get the "always on" power drain under control. (may only be an issue on some phones but he and I use the same breed of phone)

There are a few that I’ve seen complain about this but it seems those people previously didn’t have their bluetooth enabled at all times so that could be the reason - I haven’t noticed any difference in battery life - I make and receive around 70 calls a day plus emails and at this time of the day it’s usually at around 30% - which it is right now. Comes off the charger at 7.30am so pretty constant.

Originally Posted by Homestar

There are a few that I’ve seen complain about this but it seems those people previously didn’t have their bluetooth enabled at all times so that could be the reason - I haven’t noticed any difference in battery life - I make and receive around 70 calls a day plus emails and at this time of the day it’s usually at around 30% - which it is right now. Comes off the charger at 7.30am so pretty constant.

No difference in our phone (7+) either. I don't have a phone, don't need one, one's enough for us, but Karen showed me a download of the safety measures for this app, which I wanted to show the "usual" doubting Thomas's, but she said, no way, the amount of info, & therefore consequent download was "Huge".
All of our friends that we've spoken to have signed up.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

one of the guys at work installed it...

his battery life is halved. As I need to rely on my phone having solid battery performance as a safety measure the app stays off till they get the "always on" power drain under control. (may only be an issue on some phones but he and I use the same breed of phone)

seems to affect some badly and others it hardly touches

my realme xt android it has little affect

my iphone 5s is drains quickly and slows the poor old girl down to a crawl if i open gmail as well

a customers phone i tried to set it up on today it simply brought it too its knees and we had to reboot then uninstall, was an android unit from overseas..