Very nice numbers. I can even see an adoption rate of 10% already helping, a big event with a super spreader can be identified quickly
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Germany appeals to nation to download coronavirus app
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Here, uploaded it. Hope MediaFire isn't too slow.
Corona Warn App_v1.0.0
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com
Many thanks.Here, uploaded it. Hope MediaFire isn't too slow.
Corona Warn App_v1.0.0
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.www.mediafire.com
Does it run in the background or I need to keep it open?
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As I understand both Apple and Google agreed to allow to run in background all national corona applications that use their API.
Installed it today. Friend of mine is an Android dev and said it seems to be alright at first glance.
We hope for the best. As for masks, a lot of people use them here.
What stops me from telling the app I'm infected even though I'm not and scare the shit out of 100's of people?
You need a code you only get from the Doc in case of an infection to share it via the app.
You get a QR code by the lab if confirmed positive if i understood correct.
You can only put info of an infection into the app once you've been tested and got a code or tan from your local health department.
Edit: Beaten
Beaten
Installed it a few minutes ago.
My state is one of the least impacted in cases and deaths, with 97% recovered or so. So even while I use gloves and masks when going out, I feel kind of safe right now. The worst that can happen right now would be a positive contact warning on my phone while outside. So it is a double-edged sword for my anxiety right now. I have the (partial) safety of knowing I would get warned of possible corona outbreaks, on the other hand, it would jump to the moon when I get a positive warning :/
My state is one of the least impacted in cases and deaths, with 97% recovered or so. So even while I use gloves and masks when going out, I feel kind of safe right now. The worst that can happen right now would be a positive contact warning on my phone while outside. So it is a double-edged sword for my anxiety right now. I have the (partial) safety of knowing I would get warned of possible corona outbreaks, on the other hand, it would jump to the moon when I get a positive warning :/
The thing I am curious about actually is the battery drain of this app. Need to read about how that works.
at least within germany we have open borders again so its a good idea to have this app.
so did you read up on the app yet or was that just a drive-by?
According to iOS it had sub 1% battery drain in the last 24 hours on my phone.
The app is great and it does give me a feeling of safety just looking at it saying that I've not been exposed to a risk environment.
At the same time, I hope that social pressure ramps up. I hope more and more restaurants and bars deny entrance if you don't use the app. If you want to socialize you should be obligated to keep your social contacts safe by using the app.
I won't socialize with people who don't have the app anymore.
At the same time, I hope that social pressure ramps up. I hope more and more restaurants and bars deny entrance if you don't use the app. If you want to socialize you should be obligated to keep your social contacts safe by using the app.
I won't socialize with people who don't have the app anymore.
that's fine it won't be ready until September, or maybe December such is the level of incompetence.
It was just a drunken drive by. I'll own it. I haven't even had the balls to read any of the many other replies I got. Lol
Sorry yall. I'm a bit unstable as of late.
It really do be like that sometimes tho. As I stated in the post above, I apologize. Some nights I get increasingly disillusioned and cynical, which results in the ticking time bomb that was that shitty post. I really am sorry yall :/
So how does this work? Like it detects if you have been near a Corona Positive individual, but that person would need to have the app aswell right?
The question then is, how many individuals would be willing to share that information with the app, or even download it in the first place.
The question then is, how many individuals would be willing to share that information with the app, or even download it in the first place.
It exchanges anonymous, often changed IDs via Bluetooth Low Energy between all phones in the vicinity. Once a day it pulls all the IDs that have self identified as infected from a central and warns all users that came in contact with the respective ID, while calculating an individual risk level for each user based on closeness and duration of the contact.
Well we're on the right track with 9,6 million downloads in the first 3 days. There's of course the possibilty of people downloading and not using it and no way to check actual user numbers. There's no downside to sharing the infection status with the app, since it's all anonymous and I doubt anyone willing to download and use the app would not use the app for its intended purpose.
Are there any news when the German app will be compatible with other European tracing apps (excluding France of course)?
Honestly, Germany has a better track record when it comes to privacy concerns than most countries. I would be more willing to use this app than one proposed by my own country's government lol
Christ, just read my question.
I did not ask, how many people downloaded it... I can see that, thank you very much.
I am asking how it determines you have been near an infected individual.
Thank you Gandie! got it
Yeh and if you read it carefully, the whole question is how many of those infected individuals would want to download and share that information.
But that question came from a lack of understanding how the app determines certain things. Thankfully someone else was willing to educate and explain it to me, instead of being rude about it.
Yes People SHOULD download and share this information when they were infected with the virus. There is no shame in this and it helps the wider population if it is known and shared.
According to the Reddit AMA they're working on bringing the app to other countries app stores.
There's no shame because not a single person will know.
You don't enter a single piece of personal information into the app.
About to kick Pokemon GO from the top spot. Pokemon had 10 million downloads in 7 days.
Looks like mine stopped working four days ago, no idea why. I have activated exposure logging but it keeps telling me to activate it. Anyone know a fix for this? I've tried rebooting my phone and turning Bluetooth off and on.
Guess I could always reinstall it...
Guess I could always reinstall it...
Maybe you have 'location information' turned off on Android or only for the app?
Hm, I can't even allow it to use location information. It's not an option. I guess I'll just have to reinstall it, even though I guess that'll reboot my tracking so far. Oh well.
I do not understand why these countries each make their own app when Google and Apple have one integrated with great privacy features in their phones already.
As I'm in a town bordering Germany and work with Cross-border commuters when I'm supposed to be at the workplace I wonder if it would be worthwhile downloading the German one. The Swiss one is coming on Thursday, and I assume there would be no exclusive lock on the data.
Following the development of the Corona Warn app has been incredible, with early proponents (who just happened to be afiliated with big data tech and inner security) asking for heavy centralized logging, claiming it couldn't work without it and now the result is this really elegant, privacy-conscious design which even the CCC has no qualms with.