Reply to post: Re: Not on my phone

UK snubs Apple-Google coronavirus app API, insists on British control of data, promises to protect privacy

jelabarre59

Re: Not on my phone

How long do you think before the back-end data is processed to determine who's phone is seeing the most bluetooth signals regularly and the cops sent to 'remind' them about social distancing? I give it a month, perhaps two and of course it'll all be for our own good.

And how do they differentiate your Phone bluetooth from every other sort of bluetooth? So in your household you each have a phone, a tablet, a laptop (and even newer desktops), and in the house are two or three gaming consoles, a couple of media streaming devices, etc. All these have their bluetooth signatures, and perhaps the corresponding controllers, bluetooth headsets etc get counted here too. Suddenly there's a crowd of 25-30 "people" reported in your house.

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon