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08-16-2020, 10:22 PM
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Cv 19 tracking you?
Have you checked your iPhone or Android yet for the new Covid 19 tracking feature installed?
IOS check Settings, Privacy and Health. BOOM! (Don’t turn it on)
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08-16-2020, 10:52 PM
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Why not?
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08-16-2020, 11:15 PM
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Wow had no idea about that but just checked and sure enough there it is on my IPhone. Not sure why it surprises me since I know they have the tracking feature and you can see where you spend all your time I’d you don’t turn it off. Big brother is watching you....lol
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08-17-2020, 06:26 AM
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I do not see it on my i phone. I wonder if you have to use wifi or bluetooth before they can load it.
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08-17-2020, 08:14 AM
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Dont see it on my android yet.
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08-17-2020, 08:23 AM
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08-17-2020, 08:23 AM
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The apps from both Apple and Android were introduced with recent OS updates. If you didn't update, it won't be on your phone. Most governments have not accessed the framework yet and it can be turned off. Everything else on our phones these days is tracking us. I don't know about Apple but if you go to your google location history, it will show you everywhere you've been since you've had the account unless you turn on autodelete.
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08-17-2020, 08:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Austin
Have you checked your iPhone or Android yet for the new Covid 19 tracking feature installed?
IOS check Settings, Privacy and Health. BOOM! (Don’t turn it on)
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I checked my Android phone and tablet. The tracker is available in Play Store but not installed on my phone. My tablet recently updated the OS but the tracker is not installed there either.
I don't know much about this but I have questions.
Can the government install apps on an Android phone or tablet?
It seems from the posts here that this can be done on an iPhone. What is the difference between iPhone and Android in this respect?
Thanks for the information.
Last edited by sk270; 08-17-2020 at 08:58 AM.
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08-17-2020, 09:33 AM
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The APP doesn't track you it tracks people with covid, infected people are given a number to enter into the APP the APP alerts you when an infected person is near.
The APP is only active in Onterrible at this time.
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08-17-2020, 09:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bat119
The APP doesn't track you it tracks people with covid, infected people are given a number to enter into the APP the APP alerts you when an infected person is near.
The APP is only active in Onterrible at this time.
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I realize this. However, I'm wondering how (and why) the government can install a tracker on an iPhone but not an Android.
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08-17-2020, 10:06 AM
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That's cute
Seriously? People are getting wound up about a new tracking App? Guess they didn't use the right words to sell it to us this time. 
FTR- No sign of it on my iPhone, yet.
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08-17-2020, 10:06 AM
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Checked my iphone and it was there, it says "COVID-19 Exposure Logging"(mine was off). Did the latest update recently, must have installed then...?
Thanks for the heads up OP.
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08-17-2020, 01:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sk270
I realize this. However, I'm wondering how (and why) the government can install a tracker on an iPhone but not an Android.
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They didn't.
What is installed was an operating system feature that enables a COVD tracing application's function. The framework is a joint project between Apple and Google with some significant privacy features as part of it. Much like common applications such as Tile tracker tags what it does is share a randomly generated ID with other devices around you using bluetooth and it keeps track of what IDs have been in proximity to you over the last 14 days. If one of those IDs should be flagged as being a confirmed case it will added to an online database. The App will check the list of IDs that have been logged by your phone against that database regularly and will notify you if one is flagged. You NEED a covid tracing app to be installed to take advantage of this, it does nothing by itself.
On iOS all of this is explained in detail on the settings page, Austin "forgot" to mention that. There's a screenshot of it here.
https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19...-apple-google/
As for why it's not on your device yet, unless you are running a vanilla version of Android right from google on your stuff I'd expect it to take a while before you see this feature. Google releases the code, then your device manufacturer has to integrate those changes with their customized version of Android, then in some cases they have to send that to the carrier who integrates their own changes and releases it. So Android v10.1 on Samsung can be quite different than version 10.1 on HTC but you might also see differences in Samsung v10.1 on Telus vs Rogers too. I think they have started to pull back on the carrier stuff but I haven't been hands on with it for a while so IDK how far they've gotten with stamping that BS down. The release times for Android security updates is pretty brutal because of this.
When I worked for a company that made mobile apps when had a hell of a time with testing. The QA people needed four Apple devices because they never allowed those shenanigans but hundreds of Android based ones as by the time each manufacturer mucked around with the OS there were enough differences that you had to test on each possible permutation.
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08-17-2020, 01:16 PM
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I’ve opted for the optional ankle bracelet.
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08-17-2020, 01:39 PM
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I’ve opted for the optional ankle bracelet.
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Smart choice! Much less painful than the barcode tattoo on the forehead.... 
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08-17-2020, 02:01 PM
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They can use my phone to track me as long as they start picking up the bill.
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08-17-2020, 02:26 PM
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App not downloaded? People mistaken?
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08-17-2020, 02:37 PM
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Whatever midgetwaiter said. It's not tracking by default. It's a framework to support the actual tracking app you need to install yourself, if you choose to do so.
This is old news, this feature had been around for at least a month. And panicked posts like OP's have been around just as long. And debunking posts explaining what going on as well.
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08-17-2020, 02:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midgetwaiter
They didn't.
What is installed was an operating system feature that enables a COVD tracing application's function.
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Thanks, midgetwaiter. That makes more sense. In other words, there is no difference in the government's ability to access Android and iPhones. I saw that feature on my Android tablet, but not my phone, which Samsung is no longer updating.
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