With an app aimed to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus due to be rolled out within the next 2-3 weeks, i thought it would be good to have a thread on it.
In case anyone isn’t aware, the app when downloaded uses Bluetooth to detect other phone users who have the app when nearby. If you tell the app you have symptoms, it automatically sends a message to anyone with the app you’ve been in contact with to self isolate.
In order for it to work, it needs 80% of smartphone users to download the app. There is still a significant proportion of the population who don’t have a smartphone however, and I wonder whether these people will be able to buy/rent devices for a heavily discounted price so they can download the app and help stop the spread of the virus.
In case anyone isn’t aware, the app when downloaded uses Bluetooth to detect other phone users who have the app when nearby. If you tell the app you have symptoms, it automatically sends a message to anyone with the app you’ve been in contact with to self isolate.
In order for it to work, it needs 80% of smartphone users to download the app. There is still a significant proportion of the population who don’t have a smartphone however, and I wonder whether these people will be able to buy/rent devices for a heavily discounted price so they can download the app and help stop the spread of the virus.