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Download the COVID Alert mobile app to protect yourself and your community

Get a phone alert if you may have been exposed to COVID-19 (coronavirus), and let others know if you test positive without sharing any personal information.
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It was already posted up in the Coronavirus thread.I will bring some of the really pertinent posts here.So far Ontarians have downloaded 1m of the apps.The more the better imho.
 
From Brian P:
It broadcasts a random code over bluetooth while listening for other random codes and remembering any that were too close for too long. Every once in a while, it checks your remembered list of codes against those of known cases. Doesn't remember where it happened, doesn't use your real name.

Google, Facebook, etc already do much more tracking of your whereabouts...they just don't correlate that to covid19 cases.
 
From Brian P:
Doesn't get into that much detail. It is looking for situations where your phone spends more than (roughly) 15 minutes within (roughly) 2 metres of another phone that later turns out to belong to someone infected. Given that the knowledge of that infection won't happen until later (when that person gets the results back from a test), it isn't going to be a "real time" notification of the "you are too close to an infected person - please leave immediately" variety. It's more like a "Remember that coffee shop you went to a few days ago? No not that one, the other one, the one you forgot about. Someone infected was right next to you. Go get checked."
 
Bad enough my phone tracks my every move . Now I'm going to volunteer my every move to an government APP . Not likely .

You have a choice in these crazy times . Live in fear or continue with your life as much as big brother allows .

Be a good citizen and wear your mask . Protect others and wear a mask . Practices social distancing . Avoid large crowds .

Big brother will let you know when it's safe . As long as you follow the rules above . If not back to stage 2 or even 1 .
 
And the bottom line for you is " Big brother will let you know when it's safe ".So the app is a danger to you,but you will let them tell you when it's safe.Please...do some more reading and be part of making Canada safe.
 
pfbmgd said:
Bad enough my phone tracks my every move . Now I'm going to volunteer my every move to an government APP . Not likely .

You have a choice in these crazy times . Live in fear or continue with your life as much as big brother allows .

Be a good citizen and wear your mask . Protect others and wear a mask . Practices social distancing . Avoid large crowds .

Big brother will let you know when it's safe . As long as you follow the rules above . If not back to stage 2 or even 1 .
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It's open source, feel free to look around and see if the government is tracking your every move. A friend is trying to add a counter to his copy that shows how many codes it has collected.
 
COVID Alert is built with strong privacy protection.

It’s extremely unlikely that you could be identified while using this app. The COVID Alert app takes extensive steps, described below, to ensure your privacy and data are protected.

Use of the app is voluntary.

What the app collects and stores on your phone
  • Random codes from your phone, for 14 days
  • Random codes from other phones near you, for 14 days
The random codes are only stored and used for the purpose of notifying you, or others, of possible COVID-19 exposure.

How the data is protected
  • The app cannot connect your identity with the random codes.
  • Your phone encrypts the random codes. You must give your permission before your phone will share the random codes with COVID Alert.
COVID Alert has no way of knowing
  • Your location
  • Your name or address
  • Your phone’s contacts
  • Your health information
If you have an Android phone
To use Bluetooth scanning, Android phones need Location setting on for all apps. While COVID Alert has no way of knowing where you are, Google may have access to your location. If you have an Android phone, you may want to use the lowest accuracy option for Location and turn off Google Location History.

You can check the app’s permissions in your phone’s settings. You’ll see that COVID Alert does not have permission to use location services.

What the app shares
Nothing is done without your permission
  • Nothing is shared without your explicit permission.
  • When you give permission, the only information that’s shared is the random codes from your phone.
  • Only the app and its server will have access to the random codes.
If you’re diagnosed with COVID-19
  • You can choose to share your random codes from the past 14 days with a central server operated by Canada.
  • If you share your random codes, nobody will get any information about you or the time you were near them.
  • You’ll also be asked for permission to share your random codes with the central server for 13 days after.
If a person you were near reports a diagnosis through the app
  • No information about you is shared with anyone.
  • You will not receive any information about anyone else, not even someone you were in contact with who reports a diagnosis through the app.
Deleting your data
  • All random codes, whether from your phone or others, are deleted after 15 days.
  • You can delete the app at any time, and the random codes on your phone will be automatically deleted after 15 days. You can also delete the Exposure Logs yourself from your phone’s settings.
  • If you uploaded your random codes before deleting the app, they will be deleted from the server after 15 days.
Other information about you
COVID Alert is a Government of Canada app. It is designed so that your health information stays with your provincial or territorial healthcare provider. Your identity and health status will not be shared with the Government of Canada. COVID Alert does not know who you are and cannot access your health information.

  • If you test positive for COVID-19, your healthcare provider will give you a one-time key. It tells COVID Alert that you can upload your random codes.
  • COVID Alert trusts this key. The app uses this key so it does not have to collect any information that could identify you.
  • Healthcare workers have no way to provide your personal information to COVID Alert.
  • To protect the integrity of the one-time keys provided by your healthcare provider, your province may generate a long internal identification number to make sure the key was requested by a valid source. The Government of Canada is not able to associate these internal identification numbers to you or other app users, and they are only used when needed to prevent cybersecurity threats.
  • If you receive an exposure notification, you will be given suggested next steps. The Government of Canada will not receive any health information about you if you take those next steps.
  • COVID Alert does not connect with or collect any information from any other app on your phone.
Your IP address
As a security measure, the server will store your IP address in system logs when the app does any of the following actions:

  • Download a list of positive codes.
  • Enter a one-time key.
  • Upload your random codes.
Without these security protections in place, spammers could flood the COVID Alert system and your phone with fake exposure notifications.

How IP addresses are used and protected
  • Your IP address is not connected to any other information about you, and it’s only used to ensure the integrity of the system.
  • System logs are kept for up to 3 months under normal conditions. If there’s an investigation into suspicious activity, we keep system logs for up to 2 years to help the investigation.
  • System logs are closely protected. They can only be used for ensuring performance and responding to security threats.
  • If there’s an investigation, we may need to share the relevant system logs with law enforcement, as required by law.
 
Wingboy said:
COVID Alert is built with strong privacy protection.

It’s extremely unlikely that you could be identified while using this app. The COVID Alert app takes extensive steps, described below, to ensure your privacy and data are protected.

Use of the app is voluntary.

What the app collects and stores on your phone
  • Random codes from your phone, for 14 days
  • Random codes from other phones near you, for 14 days
The random codes are only stored and used for the purpose of notifying you, or others, of possible COVID-19 exposure.

How the data is protected
  • The app cannot connect your identity with the random codes.
  • Your phone encrypts the random codes. You must give your permission before your phone will share the random codes with COVID Alert.
COVID Alert has no way of knowing
  • Your location
  • Your name or address
  • Your phone’s contacts
  • Your health information
If you have an Android phone
To use Bluetooth scanning, Android phones need Location setting on for all apps. While COVID Alert has no way of knowing where you are, Google may have access to your location. If you have an Android phone, you may want to use the lowest accuracy option for Location and turn off Google Location History.

You can check the app’s permissions in your phone’s settings. You’ll see that COVID Alert does not have permission to use location services.

What the app shares
Nothing is done without your permission
  • Nothing is shared without your explicit permission.
  • When you give permission, the only information that’s shared is the random codes from your phone.
  • Only the app and its server will have access to the random codes.
If you’re diagnosed with COVID-19
  • You can choose to share your random codes from the past 14 days with a central server operated by Canada.
  • If you share your random codes, nobody will get any information about you or the time you were near them.
  • You’ll also be asked for permission to share your random codes with the central server for 13 days after.
If a person you were near reports a diagnosis through the app
  • No information about you is shared with anyone.
  • You will not receive any information about anyone else, not even someone you were in contact with who reports a diagnosis through the app.
Deleting your data
  • All random codes, whether from your phone or others, are deleted after 15 days.
  • You can delete the app at any time, and the random codes on your phone will be automatically deleted after 15 days. You can also delete the Exposure Logs yourself from your phone’s settings.
  • If you uploaded your random codes before deleting the app, they will be deleted from the server after 15 days.
Other information about you
COVID Alert is a Government of Canada app. It is designed so that your health information stays with your provincial or territorial healthcare provider. Your identity and health status will not be shared with the Government of Canada. COVID Alert does not know who you are and cannot access your health information.

  • If you test positive for COVID-19, your healthcare provider will give you a one-time key. It tells COVID Alert that you can upload your random codes.
  • COVID Alert trusts this key. The app uses this key so it does not have to collect any information that could identify you.
  • Healthcare workers have no way to provide your personal information to COVID Alert.
  • To protect the integrity of the one-time keys provided by your healthcare provider, your province may generate a long internal identification number to make sure the key was requested by a valid source. The Government of Canada is not able to associate these internal identification numbers to you or other app users, and they are only used when needed to prevent cybersecurity threats.
  • If you receive an exposure notification, you will be given suggested next steps. The Government of Canada will not receive any health information about you if you take those next steps.
  • COVID Alert does not connect with or collect any information from any other app on your phone.
Your IP address
As a security measure, the server will store your IP address in system logs when the app does any of the following actions:

  • Download a list of positive codes.
  • Enter a one-time key.
  • Upload your random codes.
Without these security protections in place, spammers could flood the COVID Alert system and your phone with fake exposure notifications.

How IP addresses are used and protected
  • Your IP address is not connected to any other information about you, and it’s only used to ensure the integrity of the system.
  • System logs are closely protected. They can only be used for ensuring performance and responding to security threats.
  • If there’s an investigation, we may need to share the relevant system logs with law enforcement, as required by law.
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Are you trying to convince others of this "privacy " or yourself . All power is up for abuse . No such thing as a free ride .
Wingboy said:
COVID Alert is built with strong privacy protection.

It’s extremely unlikely that you could be identified while using this app. The COVID Alert app takes extensive steps, described below, to ensure your privacy and data are protected.

Use of the app is voluntary.

What the app collects and stores on your phone
  • Random codes from your phone, for 14 days
  • Random codes from other phones near you, for 14 days
The random codes are only stored and used for the purpose of notifying you, or others, of possible COVID-19 exposure.

How the data is protected
  • The app cannot connect your identity with the random codes.
  • Your phone encrypts the random codes. You must give your permission before your phone will share the random codes with COVID Alert.
COVID Alert has no way of knowing
  • Your location
  • Your name or address
  • Your phone’s contacts
  • Your health information
If you have an Android phone
To use Bluetooth scanning, Android phones need Location setting on for all apps. While COVID Alert has no way of knowing where you are, Google may have access to your location. If you have an Android phone, you may want to use the lowest accuracy option for Location and turn off Google Location History.

You can check the app’s permissions in your phone’s settings. You’ll see that COVID Alert does not have permission to use location services.

What the app shares
Nothing is done without your permission
  • Nothing is shared without your explicit permission.
  • When you give permission, the only information that’s shared is the random codes from your phone.
  • Only the app and its server will have access to the random codes.
If you’re diagnosed with COVID-19
  • You can choose to share your random codes from the past 14 days with a central server operated by Canada.
  • If you share your random codes, nobody will get any information about you or the time you were near them.
  • You’ll also be asked for permission to share your random codes with the central server for 13 days after.
If a person you were near reports a diagnosis through the app
  • No information about you is shared with anyone.
  • You will not receive any information about anyone else, not even someone you were in contact with who reports a diagnosis through the app.
Deleting your data
  • All random codes, whether from your phone or others, are deleted after 15 days.
  • You can delete the app at any time, and the random codes on your phone will be automatically deleted after 15 days. You can also delete the Exposure Logs yourself from your phone’s settings.
  • If you uploaded your random codes before deleting the app, they will be deleted from the server after 15 days.
Other information about you
COVID Alert is a Government of Canada app. It is designed so that your health information stays with your provincial or territorial healthcare provider. Your identity and health status will not be shared with the Government of Canada. COVID Alert does not know who you are and cannot access your health information.

  • If you test positive for COVID-19, your healthcare provider will give you a one-time key. It tells COVID Alert that you can upload your random codes.
  • COVID Alert trusts this key. The app uses this key so it does not have to collect any information that could identify you.
  • Healthcare workers have no way to provide your personal information to COVID Alert.
  • To protect the integrity of the one-time keys provided by your healthcare provider, your province may generate a long internal identification number to make sure the key was requested by a valid source. The Government of Canada is not able to associate these internal identification numbers to you or other app users, and they are only used when needed to prevent cybersecurity threats.
  • If you receive an exposure notification, you will be given suggested next steps. The Government of Canada will not receive any health information about you if you take those next steps.
  • COVID Alert does not connect with or collect any information from any other app on your phone.
Your IP address
As a security measure, the server will store your IP address in system logs when the app does any of the following actions:

  • Download a list of positive codes.
  • Enter a one-time key.
  • Upload your random codes.
Without these security protections in place, spammers could flood the COVID Alert system and your phone with fake exposure notifications.

How IP addresses are used and protected
  • Your IP address is not connected to any other information about you, and it’s only used to ensure the integrity of the system.
  • System logs are kept for up to 3 months under normal conditions. If there’s an investigation into suspicious activity, we keep system logs for up to 2 years to help the investigation.
  • System logs are closely protected. They can only be used for ensuring performance and responding to security threats.
  • If there’s an investigation, we may need to share the relevant system logs with law enforcement, as required by law.
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  • Your IP address is not connected to any other information about you, and it’s only used to ensure the integrity of the system.
  • System logs are kept for up to 3 months under normal conditions. If there’s an investigation into suspicious activity, we keep system logs for up to 2 years to help the investigation.
  • System logs are closely protected. They can only be used for ensuring performance and responding to security threats.
  • If there’s an investigation, we may need to share the relevant system logs with law enforcement, as required by law.
Here is the three lines that government will abuse . It is not anonymous if these conditions exist . By getting the app you are agreeing to these terms . You are agreeing to be followed and investigated .

Once again big brother over stepping . People so freely giving up their privacy .

It's just and mask . It's just an APP . It's just your privacy . If you are doing nothing wrong you nothing to worry about .
 
I'm trying to convince as many people as i can to use it and any other safe means to bring this to an end.
Big brother watching me? They prolly know more about me than i do.Dilligaf
 
Wingboy said:
I'm trying to convince as many people as i can to use it and any other safe means to bring this to an end.
Big brother watching me? They prolly know more about me than i do.Dilligaf
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You are a good subject . A great example of a solid citizen . The government appreciates you .

Vladimir Lenin had a term for persons like you .
 
I'm here for a good time, not a long time.
 
pfbmgd said:
You are a good subject . A great example of a solid citizen . The government appreciates you .

Vladimir Lenin had a term for persons like you .
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holy f....

Im guessing the vaccine, when it comes out, will also include a tracking chip of some sort.
 
pfbmgd said:
Bad enough my phone tracks my every move . Now I'm going to volunteer my every move to an government APP . Not likely .
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Dude, loosen up the tinfoil hat.

This app has been vetted by several privacy centric organizations, has passed, and they recommend it. If that's not enough for you, then I guess hdsomeday's comments probably hold true.

Unless you're hiding behind a TOR tunnel or are on a serious VPN (not one of the many that simply roll over whenever the police request info and give you up) you've already failed at privacy anyways. The fact you readily admit your phone is tracking you simply reinforces this.

Install the damn app and help society get back to normal faster.
 
PrivatePilot said:
Dude, loosen up the tinfoil hat.

This app has been vetted by several privacy centric organizations, has passed, and they recommend it. If that's not enough for you, then I guess hdsomeday's comments probably hold true.

Unless you're hiding behind a TOR tunnel or are on a serious VPN (not one of the many that simply roll over whenever the police request info and give you up) you've already failed at privacy anyways. The fact you readily admit your phone is tracking you simply reinforces this.

Install the damn app and help society get back to normal faster.
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Vladimir Lenin has a phrase for people like you .
 
pfbmgd said:
Vladimir Lenin has a phrase for people like you .
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Dude, I guarantee you you're less private online than I am, and in some forms (forums) I'm reasonably fast and loose within reason as you can't participate in a forum like this without giving up some amount of anonymity.

The rest of my online activity is carefully filtered through a variety of services that maintains a semblance of privacy so my ISP's and other websites don't get to use me as a revenue tool.

If you're so overwhelmingly worried about your online and personal privacy explain to the class what methods you use to block intersite cookies on your phone and computers, or if you heave features like bluetooth beacon functionality shut off. And what TOR or VPN do you use? And you use an iPhone I hope as well, right? If not, do you use text messaging?
 
PrivatePilot said:
Dude, I guarantee you you're less private online than I am, and in some forms (forums) I'm reasonably fast and loose within reason as you can't participate in a forum like this without giving up some amount of anonymity.

The rest of my online activity is carefully filtered through a variety of services that maintains a semblance of privacy so my ISP's and other websites don't get to use me as a revenue tool.

If you're so overwhelmingly worried about your online and personal privacy explain to the class what methods you use to block intersite cookies on your phone and computers, or if you heave features like bluetooth beacon functionality shut off. And what TOR or VPN do you use? And you use an iPhone I hope as well, right? If not, do you use text messaging?
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Did you take the 10 to 15 minutes to study this situation like before .

Talk to people from east block countries why they left them . Our government is a complete mess . Deficit skyrocketing . WE scandal shut down by the Lieberals and NDP . Media bought out by the government .

But you say trust the government .

Sorry I'm more skeptical then you to trust this APPs ability will not be abused .
 
You didn't answer my questions. You can't feign to be so incredibly invested in privacy in one hand, so far as to avoid using a well vetted app designed to help us return to normal faster, all while someone excusing (or just pretending it's not real) every single action you do the rest of the day which leaves your ass hanging completely and totally in the wind.
 
PrivatePilot said:
You didn't answer my questions. You can't feign to be so incredibly invested in privacy in one hand, so far as to avoid using a well vetted app designed to help us return to normal faster, all while someone excusing (or just pretending it's not real) every single action you do the rest of the day which leaves your ass hanging completely and totally in the wind.
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Well vetted you say by whom ? The same 10 to 15 minutes you take to study things . How will this help ? Spread panic among people ?

The numbers are super low with double the testing from the highs of March and April . But now you need the APP and mask . There is no standards for masks . So any piece of cloth is good enough . Even if it does nothing to prevent you from spreading the VID .

Giving up rights is easy to do . Getting them back not so much . Once you open the APP box . It will be impossible to close . As the government can use another reason to keep it going . No matter how much they promise not to abuse it .
 
pfbmgd said:
Well vetted you say by whom ? The same 10 to 15 minutes you take to study things . How will this help ? Spread panic among people ?

The numbers are super low with double the testing from the highs of March and April . But now you need the APP and mask . There is no standards for masks . So any piece of cloth is good enough . Even if it does nothing to prevent you from spreading the VID .

Giving up rights is easy to do . Getting them back not so much . Once you open the APP box . It will be impossible to close . As the government can use another reason to keep it going . No matter how much they promise not to abuse it .
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Read the source code. If you can find the mythical tracking you can get five minutes of fame on the current news cycle and a gazillion adoring conspiracy theory fans.
 
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