Good to know. Thanks. Though I have a 6 and it doesn’t update anymore, but when it finally breaks, I’ll need it! LOL
Bfl
The way I see it, if I’ve been to Walmart or grocery shopping in the last two months, I’ve been exposed to coronavirus at some point.
Don’t think they aren’t keeping a list of those who have turned it off.
I’m pretty sure that by taking my iPad with me when I go shopping, I’m probably giving out all kinds of information on my location.
I saw a video where a guy used people’s location data that they were posting themselves and tracking them down to ask questions about stuff they had themselves posted on twitter, Facebook, etc. He was trying to illustrate just how careless a lot of people are with their personal information. Some of them were really mad at him, yet he had only used the information that they had willingly publicized to find them. Others were surprised, because they really had no clue.
In short, if you want privacy, you have to think about all of your activities. The social media is obvious, but other activities like going into a store and allowing its app to find your location. (Actually, one local store always gets it wrong.) Many people broadcast a lot of information about themselves daily.
Ping!
I don’t have “Health” on my iPad Air (latest gen).
I have 13.5 on my phone but no Covid notification under health.
FYI Just updated. It’s OFF by default unless you have an app installed.
I am confused.
I don’t care if they notify me regarding Covid. I just don’t want to be TRACKED. How do I disable tracking? Is that possible? Just disabling notification doesn’t prevent me from being tracked, so my privacy is not protected just by disabling notifications.
Am I getting this right?
How is the “infected person” this app is to warn you about known to be infected? Is that person’s phone somehow tagged with the information that he is currently dangerous?
And if so, how is that tag removed when he is no longer dangerous?
I just spent a considerable amount of time reviewing everything I could find from our immensely powerful CDC on this subject, starting here.
Within that link you will find
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/principles-contact-tracing.html
within that one many pdf documents with detail. Find this “principles-contact-tracing-booklet.pdf” for a pretty clear outline.
I believe my first two questions above are absolutely critical in this whole concept.
At the moment I believe the only thing accomplished so far is a dramatic (and unconstitutional) intrusion into our civil rights with this Contact Tracing sham.
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Thanks for posting this.
The Stasi would have done anything to have this ability.
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I just updated my phone this week and the Covid tracker is there, but defaulted to OFF. Compared to most tech companies, Apple is protective of their customer’s privacy which is why I only use IPhone. You can’t pay me enough to use a Google Android device.
These iOS 13.5 settings only appear in the iPhone — no sign of them so far in iPadOS 23.5