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Who is still using the app???

31 replies

ReviewingTheSituation · 01/01/2022 22:46

My DH, apparently! I thought most people had deleted it, or at least turned off the tracking thing. But he has just been pinged. Again. Says he was a contact with someone on 29 December who has now tested +ve. Except he didn't leave the house at all on 28th or 29th, or see anyone other than me (and my parents before they left on the morning of 28th, and they definitely haven't tested +ve).

This is the 3rd time he's been pinged - maybe this one will finally convince him it's really not fit for purpose...

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bestbeforedateexpired · 02/01/2022 10:35

I still have it and use it. I was pinged yesterday and so I did a LFT. It was positive.

TheUnquestionedAnswer · 02/01/2022 11:08

I've still got mine on, like others, I turned it back on when the pinging/isolation rules changed. My neighbour recently tested positive, and I wasn't pinged, so hopefully it's tweaked correctly now.

Ffffffs · 02/01/2022 11:15

I've still got it since it's the only way to know if strangers near me have tested psotive, and to tell people who don't know but I've been near to if I tested positive (which I did last week so I got the app to share my exposures). It's all completely anonymous and doesn't cost me anything but it might help someone else.

Sure, it's not 100% accurate but neither is manual tracing. Better than nothing!

Ffffffs · 02/01/2022 11:18

Tell people who I don't know...

RockingMyFiftiesNot · 02/01/2022 11:22

I deleted it when a friend who had been isolating for 10 days was pinged to say she had been in contact with someone positive during that time. Her family was isolating with her and no-one left the house so cannot possibly have been the case.
She argued the toss with T&T, who admitted it wasn't the first time they'd heard that issue

NoBetterthanSheShouldBe · 02/01/2022 11:28

It’s still switched on but I haven’t been pinged for months. Will switch it off now you’ve reminded me.

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