Saw this, checked and it's there

[Allinadaystwerk]

Not sure how I feel about having this download on my phone without my permission. How about you?

You don't have to read 16 pages of everything, but it is a bit odd to read zero pages of anything beyond the OP

^ This.

For the people who are too busy and important to RTFT:^
^
Everyone's been in that meeting where someone arrives late in the middle of the conversation and disrupts everything by asking questions that have already been answered and repeating earlier comments, completely oblivious to the disruption they're causing, while everyone else rolls their eyes and thinks "what a dick".

This thread is that meeting.

And if this situation doesn't sound familiar to you, you were the dick.

Does anyone else feel like suggesting that people reset to factory settings, just for the shits and giggles?

@MRex nooo... I would never do that

does not do anything without an app

It's pretty obvious if you listen to the news. NHS-x were building a contact tracking app. It's been tested on the Isle of Wight but has now been scrapped as it could not capture contacts from Apple iPhones (pretty major flaw).

Uk government have now agreed to use the app developer by Google & Apple instead but this won't be going live for a while as there are fixes and testing to be done before it's ready for use. In the meantime, when the latest versions of their phone software has been downloaded the necessary settings to make the apps work have been pushed down to phones.

It's an optional service - it's up to you if you want to download the app when it's ready and switch on the optional contact tracing setting.

@MRex

Does anyone else feel like suggesting that people reset to factory settings, just for the shits and giggles?

Excellent suggestion. I did suggest that earlier on if they had an archived backup pre-the offending OS. But I prefer your suggestion. Much cleaner.

@OchonAgusOchonO - sorry, I missed that in the flood of "OMG my phone operating system updated as scheduled!!"

@ElizabethMountbatten - It's on mine but it's off.... I definitely didn't download anything to do with Covid!

Yes you did, when you updated your OS.

Ps - your phone needs charging.

[quote MRex]@OchonAgusOchonO - sorry, I missed that in the flood of "OMG my phone operating system updated as scheduled!!"[/quote]
I should have written it in ALL CAPS

I've got it too on my phone iPhone

@GirlInTheMirror27 - @MRex had an excellent suggesting above to deal with it.

Ps - because I'm not excessively cruel: she is joking and you should not restore to factory settings.

I don't have it. I mean, it's probably cos I've not updated recently, but now I'm wondering if I'm really just so dull no one wants to know what I'm doing 😭

if I'm really just so dull no one wants to know what I'm doing

It ain’t what you do .... it’s who you’re doing it with

Ffs just checked Android...turned bluetooth off. Not happy at all. Never installed it..i will not be controlled any more than i have already with lockdown and impending redundancy due to lockdown. Plus where i live know NOONE who has even had it!!

Can we play a game and call it Spotted Dick?

Ffs just checked Android...turned bluetooth off. Not happy at all. Never installed it..i will not be controlled any more than i have already with lockdown and impending redundancy due to lockdown. Plus where i live know NOONE who has even had it!!

There is a good suggestion upthread if you don't want to be controlled anymore. It involves a hammer.

@sissyjd

While you were taking the time to see if this was installed and then turn off Bluetooth, did it cross your mind to actually read the thread or do a quick Google search?

@Sissyjd what aren't you happy about?

I updated a shed load of apps today & I looked at each one to see what the update entailed. Not one of the Google apps mentioned that this 'feature' was included but, yep, it's there in Google settings now.

As it's off, I never use Bluetooth, & it requires an app I'm not too concerned that it's there. My concern is that there was NO information given to explain it was being put on my phone.

Just to be especially cautious, as well as turning off Bluetooth it's best to turn off Mobile Data and Wi-Fi on your phone too. Especially if you don't want your mumsnet activity to be monitored by Them.

On my phone too

Why would Google app mention a software update? Your software update would have given info about it which you obviously neglected to read

Having been on MN for 10+ years I honestly thought that the Mumsnet community was pretty intelligent and rational. This thread is sadly destroying that post by post on this thread

It’s not activated and can’t be unless you download the app. Get a fucking grip. No one cares where you are and what you’re doing.

@JuneJuly - Not one of the Google apps mentioned that this 'feature' was included but, yep, it's there in Google settings now.

Probably because none of them can install an api on your phone.