Are you still using the Covid App?

[SunShinesBrightly]

Are people still using it and getting pinged?

Still using it, never been pinged.

@PurpleDaisies

Yes in that it’s still active on my phone. I haven’t been pinged in months and months.

Still active on mine too and never been pinged.

Yes. Apparently it has saved one life for every hundred downloads.

I never downloaded it in the first place, and always avoided places where you had to leave details. Nobody seems to ask any more though.

@NanFlanders

Yes. Apparently it has saved one life for every hundred downloads.

Has it? How was the 1/100 statistic measured?

Downloaded for about a week then deleted it.

No. I binned it two weeks after my second jab.

Does it still work?

I deleted it when the rules changed in August. I used to find it reassuring that I might be pinged but since then I've just found it a stressful idea that I might be told to isolate mistakenly

Nope never downloaded it and gave a false phone number if i had to check in anywhere.

No

@Noogar

Does it still work?

Yes, they’ve just changed the time frame that means you get pinged. Lots fewer people get pinged now.

If you’re double jabbed, I don’t really see a downside in having it. You don’t have to isolate but you know to be a bit more careful because you had a positive contact.

I deleted the shitty thing during the pingdemic when it was apparently pinging all and sundry willy nilly.

I never got pinged. Very likely because I don't ever keep Bluetooth turned on on my phone. It drains the battery far too fast.

PurpleDaisies ah cool thanks. I've been using it as I use public transport but wasn't sure if it still pings. Like you say there's no downside for the jabbed but gives you a bit of a warning.

I never got pinged. Very likely because I don't ever keep Bluetooth turned on on my phone. It drains the battery far too fast.

I didn’t know you needed Bluetooth on. It’s always off on my phone so I guess even if I had had the App it would be useless.

@SunShinesBrightly yeah needs the Bluetooth and location on too i think

No. I’ve never downloaded it and never will.

[quote Noogar]@SunShinesBrightly yeah needs the Bluetooth and location on too i think[/quote]
I didn’t even think about location (I never have that switched on either) & Bluetooth .

What a waste of time & money...

@SunShinesBrightly - underlying data on impact here: www.turing.ac.uk/blog/demonstrating-impact-nhs-covid-19-app

Was randomly pinged after going nowhere for a week (think cos neighbour was positive) but it was after the new rule of not havng to self isolate if double jabbed and had test

Annoyed me cos of the ping so I deleted the app and all its data. After a day or so got over being annoyed i download the app again

The app was still showing my 'isolate for 10 days' message. How was it still holding this personal info after I’d downloaded the app

@OnTheBoardwalk - it's won't be your personal data (NHS/government don't know you have been pinged) - It will just be connected to the anonymous IP address of your phone.

Nope. Never downloaded it. Suspected it was a cover for Cummings and his geeks and freaks to use emergency Covid laws to steal personal data.

NanFlanders I get that it’s linked to my phone not me but if I’ve deleted the app and all it’s data (standard) then why did it remember my previous ping?

You delete an app all the data should be deleted

[quote NanFlanders]@SunShinesBrightly - underlying data on impact here: www.turing.ac.uk/blog/demonstrating-impact-nhs-covid-19-app[/quote]
That’s interesting. Thanks for the link!