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  • tsbservice
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    • May 2007
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    #1771
    Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

    Originally posted by 20 year tech
    nothing on my galaxy S8
    Originally posted by skynet
    Really? my four year old S7 has got it in settings/google/covid19 notifications
    UK and USA versions may be different. Nothing wrong here.
    A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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    • qbert69
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      • Mar 2013
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      #1772
      Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

      Originally posted by tsbservice
      UK and USA versions may be different. Nothing wrong here.
      If it is anywhere in your system settings, you should be able to just do a search for COVID and find it. On mine, it is a notification service & can be disabled. From what I understand it uses the bluetooth service to discover & handshake with other users' bluetooth devices. The crux of the issue though, is that distance of separation cannot be determined on signal strength alone!!! So that alone makes it a "weak" implementation to rely on!!! The only other way would be triangulation through cell phone data...then you get into privacy issues!!![emoji57]

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      • tsbservice
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        #1773
        Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

        So I dig a bit more and find that:

        Have Apple And Google Suddenly Uploaded A COVID-19 Tracking App To Your Phone? The Facts Behind The Furor

        How to Turn Off COVID-19 Exposure Tracking and Notifications on Android
        A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
        Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.

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        • slimslob
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          • May 2013
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          #1774
          Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

          Originally posted by 20 year tech
          nothing on my galaxy S8
          Originally posted by skynet
          Really? my four year old S7 has got it in settings/google/covid19 notifications
          Originally posted by tsbservice
          UK and USA versions may be different. Nothing wrong here.
          I just checked and it is on my S8. I am in the US.

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          • 20 year tech
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            • May 2014
            • 577

            #1775
            Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

            Originally posted by skynet
            Really? my four year old S7 has got it in settings/google/covid19 notifications
            Correction after looking where you said it is indeed there. My bad.

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            • Phil B.
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              #1776
              Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

              Originally posted by slimslob
              I just checked and it is on my S8. I am in the US.
              Yup on my S9 also

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              • tsbservice
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                #1777
                Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                Glad we have consensus here
                It's also on my mobile LG G6. I'm in Europe.
                A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
                Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.

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                • Tricky
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                  #1778
                  Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                  Originally posted by tsbservice
                  Glad we have consensus here
                  It's also on my mobile LG G6. I'm in Europe.
                  Where in Europe?

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                  • tsbservice
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                    #1779
                    Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                    Originally posted by skynet
                    Where in Europe?
                    East Europe...used to be behind the 'Iron Curtain'.
                    Don't shoot me please
                    A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
                    Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.

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                    • Tricky
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                      #1780
                      Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                      Originally posted by tsbservice
                      East Europe...used to be behind the 'Iron Curtain'.
                      Don't shoot me please

                      Ok but no one will think any different of you.

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                      • Phil B.
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                        • Jul 2016
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                        #1781
                        Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                        Originally posted by skynet
                        Ok but no one will think any different of you.
                        +1

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                        • tsbservice
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                          #1782
                          Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                          Originally posted by skynet
                          Ok but no one will think any different of you.
                          Hehe you have some good ones today and catch me on this.
                          Glad good old Brit humor is still there. You know I'm big time P. G. Wodehouse fan. Brilliant author.
                          Keep up this line 👍
                          A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
                          Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.

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                          • qbert69
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                            #1783
                            Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                            Originally posted by tsbservice
                            East Europe...used to be behind the 'Iron Curtain'.
                            Don't shoot me please
                            You're not the problem!!! It's the Liddlehat Shape-Shifting Bolshevik Tribe that's the "problem"!!![emoji57]

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                            • srvctec
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                              • Oct 2009
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                              #1784
                              Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                              Originally posted by skynet
                              Read something yesterday about an android update that includes the covid tracking framework not the app itself as you can see from the screenshot, and sure enough its installed on my phone.
                              Mine is a Samsung S9 see if you have it in settings search for covid

                              Dont know how you find it in apple phones



                              All a bit late really considering the non essential shops opened last Monday and the UK's NHS tracking app is still not ready for use.
                              I also have it on my Note 8 and mine was off by default. The first thing I do on a new phone is I turn off everything that has to do with tracking, including location, keep BT off unless a device (speaker or headphones) needs it, keep mobile data off unless I need to check something when not near my WiFi.

                              Was everyone else's off by default?


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                              • tsbservice
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                                #1785
                                Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                                Originally posted by srvctec
                                I also have it on my Note 8 and mine was off by default. The first thing I do on a new phone is I turn off everything that has to do with tracking, including location, keep BT off unless a device (speaker or headphones) needs it, keep mobile data off unless I need to check something when not near my WiFi.

                                Was everyone else's off by default?


                                Turn on Bluetooth and location and it will turn on automatically.
                                A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
                                Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.

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