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Will you use a COVID app if offered?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 33.3%

  • No

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 4 44.4%

  • Need more info

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    9
  • Poll closed .
I voted unsure. I am leery of things that invade our privacy. Granted our phones are tracking us all the time.
 
Mendalla said:
To be clear, the Bluetooth won't even be connecting. When activated Bluetooth constantly scans for possible devices to connect to. If you actually go into the Bluetooth settings on your phone, you can see the list it generates and choose to connect to one of them. The app will be storing that list and its changes, not actually connecting to anything on it.
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Thanks Mendalla - I will have to check that Bluetooth list out ...
 
Carolla said:
Thanks Mendalla - I will have to check that Bluetooth list out ...
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It changes, it's just the stuff around you that you can connect to. Vehicle, smart watches/activity trackers, basically all the smart devices. Whenever you try to connect to anything (say, setting up a vehicle for using bluetooth within it/the phone options in a vehicle) you need to look at that list. I don't know if typically there's an ongoing list of everything one has been around, but it's possible to do that with apps.
 
ChemGal said:
It changes, it's just the stuff around you that you can connect to. Vehicle, smart watches/activity trackers, basically all the smart devices. Whenever you try to connect to anything (say, setting up a vehicle for using bluetooth within it/the phone options in a vehicle) you need to look at that list. I don't know if typically there's an ongoing list of everything one has been around, but it's possible to do that with apps.
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When I'm at work, for instance, I see my computer and a couple co-worker's phones usually. At home, I tend to see nothing unless one of the cars or my smart speaker is on since Mrs. M doesn't enable Bluetooth on her devices.
 
Mendalla said:
When I'm at work, for instance, I see my computer and a couple co-worker's phones usually. At home, I tend to see nothing unless one of the cars or my smart speaker is on since Mrs. M doesn't enable Bluetooth on her devices.
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We usually have a good list. There's the laptops, the car usually shows up, Chemguy has multiple wireless headphones (actually just looked at this list 2 days ago as I tried some out one night when I went for a walk), we both have activity trackers, if the printer is on that will show up too.

We aren't even 'gadget' people. We have a google home? speaker. Not sure what exactly, got it at a Christmas exchange. For some people though there's so many different smart things in their home, not sure how many actually use bluetooth though.
 
My "smart" speaker isn't one of those fancy-schmany voice control things. It's basically an Internet connected portable stereo. I can preset up to 6 six streams on the speaker itself, control it with an app on my Galaxy, or turn on its bluetooth and use it as a bluetooth speaker.
 
Mendalla said:
My "smart" speaker isn't one of those fancy-schmany voice control things. It's basically an Internet connected portable stereo. I can preset up to 6 six streams on the speaker itself, control it with an app on my Galaxy, or turn on its bluetooth and use it as a bluetooth speaker.
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Ours is a google something, so does have the internet capacity voice control thing. The shopping list on it sucks though, Alexa is way better than what we have for that - although my sister may regret that once it starts to recognize the kids voices better and they start ordering whatever they want off of Amazon :LOL:
 
I think this is getting really ridiculous. We've been asked to download it despite it still not being functional - so we can inform people once it is. Inform them when? In November? 2021? Well after recovery if mild or knowing what it is if not. The last plan I heard was to roll it out to the Atlantic provinces. Why? Shouldn't it go to places with the greatest concentration of cases as it's harder for manual tracking?
Also why is it taking so long to roll out?
There's not a lot I agree with Kenney on, but since the Canada app took priority for working with the companies to get it functional (1 per country) they should have had this out well before now. For iphone users the tracetogether app can be frustrating to use. I feel like overall as a country though that could have been rolled out better, and if there wasn't the block on working on it the iphone issue would have probably been ressolved.
 
I've decided I probably won't get the app. BC has a good contact tracing system. I'll go with that.
 
Northwind said:
I've decided I probably won't get the app. BC has a good contact tracing system. I'll go with that.
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Why not get the app - when it works? The issue right now is it's only for ON.
I'm not going to have 2 apps on my phone, one that doesn't even work for contract tracing. I want them to get this going cross country ASAP. Based on numbers, Alberta, BC, and Quebec should be top of the list if they can't roll it out everywhere right away.
 
I put it on my phone. Ontario. I generally carry my phone with me so if I have contact in passing with someone I would get a notice. The odd thing is that I can’t imagine being near anyone for 15 minutes. I don’t take the bus. I shop but those are fleeting contacts. Even checking out is now behind plastic and takes five minutes

the app has a daily check in component. You check off symptoms or lack of symptoms. I assume if you check any of them it will tell you to get a test
 
I'm not going to bother at present, partly because, like Lastpointe, (except for work, but all those contacts are very brief, and I don't have my phone on the floor anyway), I'm never around anyone else for 15 minutes. But also, because it would probably be the straw that broke the camel's back on this awful phone of mine.
 
Lastpointe said:
the app has a daily check in component
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Haven't even looked at that. We have to do a screener when we go into the office, which is when I am most likely to be close to other people for an extended period, so doing another generic one seems pointless. If we "fail" the work screener, the health and safety coordinator (a registered nurse who has specialized in occupational health & safety) would give direction on whether to get tested.
 
Northwind said:
At this point BC has a robust contract tracing network. This is better than an app.
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It doesn't cover what's unknown though. Ie. Waiting in line at the hospital is one I can think of. All those people were strangers to me.
 
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