OT HAPPY TIM? ...new Scottish gov app

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

how is this new scottish gov app the wee bint is asking me to download going to work on my nokia 1100 ? .....

[spuorgelgoog]

About as well as it'll work on my bakelite 232.

And don't say it isn't mobile - it's got a very long cord and I've got a phone socket in every room except the bathroom.

Owain

[T i m]

OT HAPPY TIM?

Well, not quite mate.

1) It's typically OT:

2) It's not just for me, it's the 'convention'.

3) The rest shouldn't have been capitalised as it implies shouting.

So, if you really wanted to do what's right then it could have been something like:

OT: New Scottish Gov App. (Happy T i m?)

Cheers, T i m

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

oh right

[Custos Custodum]

It doesn't even work with my wife's iPhone6. Apparently it needs IOS

13 but the latest upgrade for the i6 is IOS 12. Another good reason to ditch Apple (which is what I did after finding out how crappy their Bluetooth implementation was).

[T i m]

Thanks for trying but just remember, it's not just for me, it's for you and others as well.

I think some people can set up a killfile that might trigger on OT:. If it's just OT (or ot/Ot/oT/off topic etc) then it could falsely trigger on a header that contains the word 'not', 'hot' or 'off' etc.

Cheers, T i m

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

oh right

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

Yes I had to chuckle as the uk has its own, so one assumes then when you get to the border one app hands over to the other does it, They both claim that thee governments will not be able to trace people withthem as the main thing was people hated the thought of everyone being tracked every minute of the day. The other issue is that if they require use of QR code scanning blind people will not be able to do it at all, since how would you know where the code was in the venue you were actually in, even if you had a smart phone. I guess in these cases some kind of back up at the venue of old fashioned taking of telephone number and name would be needed. These things are all good ideas if all members of the public are capable of actually A downloading an app and using it, B seeing the code and scanning it, and as you mention, C actually having a smart phone in the first place! Brian

[Scott]

Would that be the world-beating technology in the Isle of Wight?

I think you will find data protection law applies thoughout the UK.

I don't think that's correct. The app works in the background using Bluetooth. If a person tests positive, a test result code is sent by SMS text message (obviously not a QR code) that the user then enters into the app. As far as I can see (without trying it out) this is a six character code.

My understanding is that the app identifies contacts using phone to phone Bluetooth and stores them in encrypted form. The venue is irrelevant as the app will work equally well outdoors.

[Andrew]

It's a bit rich for the one who likes *finger jabbing* in all his posts though !.