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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #15 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 6:45pm

it amazes me that people who want the government to pander to them and care for them from cradle to grave,

get all bent out of shape about governments "invading their privacy"

help, help.
help me

i have a problem
when i was a toddler and i had a problem , my mummy would fix it for me,

are you my mummy scomo?

response from scomo....
hay kid, you have the emotional development of a toddler so i need to keep an eye on you in these dangerous times.

response from toddler (aka australian citizen)....piss off mummy, your not invading my privacy , but i'll wail like a little pussy when i get another problem that YOU will need to fix for me Roll Eyes

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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #16 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 7:03pm

Jasin wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 6:29pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 5:47pm:

Redmond Neck wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 5:33pm:

I have nothing to hide so I might get it !

I've always liked that line... 'Nothing to hide'...

So, no issues with the app identifying when you're speeding?

No worries about getting a slew of traffic tickets for 'amber light' infringements, or (god forbid) travelling too long on a freeway in the outer lane...

And if you think 'they'll never do that!'... Never underestimate the human instinct for control over others' behaviour.

Even the Singaporeans didn't like the idea of it.

Oh look North.
Everyone makes traffic infringements to some degree, even people who get paid to drive and even Police themselves.

If you want to be banged a fine every time you make one, via an App of absolutism. 'Fine'. But If I make 1 fine out of 5 mistakes for the year - good for me. But if you want your 5 fines out of your 5 mistakes for the year - go right ahead.

Big Brother thrives upon people like yourself.
In a past life you paid your weekly tribute to the Temple Gods didn't you.

Not sure whether you're in furious agreement with me or not...

In a past life I'd say we all paid weekly tribute to the Temple Gods... Or y'know we'd have been sent off to our next life...

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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #17 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 7:43pm

We don't need it -
we've already won the battle in Victoria.

We're winners in Victoria.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/coronavirus-victorian-cases-rise-by-just-...

Victoria has recorded just
one new coronavirus case in the past 24 hours,
which Premier Daniel Andrews says is proof the state's strategy to stop the spread of the virus is working.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/coronavirus-victorian-cases-rise-by-just-...

Mr Andrews said Victoria was "winning the battle" against COVID-19 but he was in no rush to soften physical-distancing rules

The state did 2,700 tests in the past 24 hours which resulted in just one positive case.

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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: Will you get the tracking app? Reply #18 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 7:51pm Cashless society, Govt. able to track every single transaction you make, an app that tells them where you are at any given time, who you met. People are sheep.
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Yadda Gold Member Offline Posts: 21820 A cat with a view	Re: Will you get the tracking app? Reply #21 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 8:15pm Every moslem in Australia should get that tracking app, ....because doing so will help to protect Australians ....from COVID-19. But Yadda will not be getting the tracking app. .......coz, Yadda doesn't own a mobile ph.
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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10489 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Will you get the tracking app? Reply #22 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 9:03pm It would be handy to be informed if I had been near someone who had the virus. I might install the app, although I normally activate my phone's Bluetooth only when driving.
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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #23 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 9:13pm

Captain Nemo wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 9:03pm:

It would be handy to be informed if I had been near someone who had the virus.

I might install the app, although I normally activate my phone's Bluetooth only when driving.

I've got a new phone so the battery life is good, but when my last phone was on it's last legs I'd never use BT when not in the car.

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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #24 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 9:34pm

Bobby. wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 7:43pm:

We don't need it -
we've already won the battle in Victoria.

We're winners in Victoria.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/coronavirus-victorian-cases-rise-by-just-...

Victoria has recorded just
one new coronavirus case in the past 24 hours,
which Premier Daniel Andrews says is proof the state's strategy to stop the spread of the virus is working.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/coronavirus-victorian-cases-rise-by-just-...

Mr Andrews said Victoria was "winning the battle" against COVID-19 but he was in no rush to soften physical-distancing rules

The state did 2,700 tests in the past 24 hours which resulted in just one positive case.

Great news

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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #25 - Apr 17^th, 2020 at 9:37pm

Gordon wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 6:35pm:

I'll download it just in case I'm asymptomatically positive I'd like for my contacts to be traced, and vica versa.

If there's good legislation around it where the info can never be used for the prosecution of any crime or offense and the data is flushed when this health emergency ends, all gud.

Good on you. I see it as a great aid in quelling this virus.
A health issue for all of Australia.

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Karnal Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 96125 Gender:	Re: Will you get the tracking app? Reply #26 - Apr 18^th, 2020 at 2:40am Valkie wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 4:48pm: Won't be long now We will all have to wear yellow stars on our shirts. That's only for the sub-races, dear. You should be okay. For now.
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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #27 - Apr 18^th, 2020 at 2:41am

Gordon wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 9:13pm:

Captain Nemo wrote on Apr 17^th, 2020 at 9:03pm:

It would be handy to be informed if I had been near someone who had the virus.

I might install the app, although I normally activate my phone's Bluetooth only when driving.

I've got a new phone so the battery life is good, but when my last phone was on it's last legs I'd never use BT when not in the car.

Speak of the devil...

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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26510 Australia	Re: Will you get the tracking app? Reply #28 - Apr 18^th, 2020 at 5:00am I guess it would have to be a bluetooth app. Well thats pretty dangerous leaving blue tooth on while you are out and about. Spot
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Re: Will you get the tracking app?
Reply #29 - Apr 18^th, 2020 at 6:04am

Well - I trust the Government -
they will of course delete all the data
when the crisis is finished. Embarrassed

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/paul-kelly-coronavirus-tracing-app/121588...

Deputy Chief Medical Officer doesn't rule out forcing Australians to download the Government's coronavirus tracing app

Updated yesterday at 5:56pm

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has not ruled out making the Government's coronavirus tracing app compulsory for all Australians.
Key points:

Paul Kelly says app will be voluntary at first
Government needs 40 per cent to download app for it to work
PM says downloading the app a matter of 'national service'

The app will use data from people's phones to tell health authorities who has been in close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case, and who may need to be tested.

The Government has said 40 per cent of Australians would need to sign up to the app for it to have enough data to function properly.

The app is called TraceTogether and uses Bluetooth to create a record of other nearby phones that also have the app.

But it does not track people's location.

The Government has said the data collected by its tracing app would be highly secure, with
only health authorities allowed to access it after a positive case was identified.

The Prime Minister said this week that Attorney-General Christian Porter is in the process of making sure relevant privacy safeguards are in place.

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