Well, that didn´t work then

Sounds like it. Hubs got a text on his phone, I did not. We're on the same network.

I have the same question.

I would at least expect it to complain or at least record if it was unable to work properly for any lenth of time, for example due to bluetooth being switched off or airplane mode being activated. But nope.

Mine does, it will give a warning if I turn bluetooh off that I am no longer "protected" - Samsung

Apple: it does when I switch off bluetooth but no reaction when I am on airplane mode. Does that mean bluetooth is then still active?

I'm with wingo. Which is Swisscom.

Ah, now this app indeed is fancy, it not only warns, it protects!

Nah, just annoying, Why should I leave bluetooth on when I am on my own? Same message when I switch on bluetooth again, yes app, I know that by now......

My language - says "App unable to function properly"

Actually if you read the BAG announcement you will see the text went to Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt customers. Aldi or Wingo (or whoever else) might use those networks but you are a customer of Aldi or Wingo and won't receive the text.

I am a Salt customer and still haven’t received the text.

Which was to be expected. It doesn't have an algorithm for it, it can't. The creators might have the bluetooth switched on 24/7, but most people I know incl. myself don't. The next updated version will switch your bluetooth on automatically, I am sure. And a localiser.

Actually most people I know have it on permanently. Constantly connecting to speakers, watches, car audio etc.

There's always one, isn't there....

All the data is stored on your phone, nothing is transmitted to anyone else. GPS information is not collected or stored. Only Bluetooth data, which is random numbers, is collected and stored on your phone. Not shared

And if you delete the app, all the data stored on your phone is deleted. So if you are worried simply delete and reload the app.

Is this a permanent message? There is a known error, understanding the cause of which goes beyond my technical abilities, where you have this message popping up repeatedly. This was the case on my (and several other people's) Android.

The solution was simply to uninstall and reinstall the app. This is a bit annoying, because you obviously lose the tracing data gathered so far. So in a hypothetical world where I have deleted and reinstalled the app and another person I have been close to does the same but one of us is then tested positive, the other would not know about it. At least based on my understanding of how they store the data.

Of course, and so it will work.. But those many who don't have their bluetooth on 24/7, who don't keep their cell with them 24/7 or switch it off (again, I know many incl. me for the purpose of digital detox), those who don't have smartphones (yep, I know a few), kids without cells who mingle more than adults (try to tell a daycare baby to avoid hugging another baby)...will bear a statistical significance to the health statisticians or whomever interprets the data. I think the app is a great idea but I am a bit sceptical since the parameters change. One can be positive and not know, since one is asymptomatic. With or without cells, with or without aps.

Or for my peace of statistical mind, I will boost validity and service for the people that sit next to me in the trains and feed my app accurate data by testing once a week. Or a few times a week? The efficacy of all of this is a bit fuzzy for me, tbh.

Maybe restos, bars, discos, spas..will start only taking guests with the app and one being negative, I can totally see that coming, if they weren't trying to avoid bankrupcy.

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Does anyone know how the effectiveness of the app will be measured, if at all?
According to this article (in German) in the NZZ https://www.nzz.ch/technologie/was-s...4?reduced=true, (13th Juy 2020)

Bis am Freitagabend installierten und nutzen 1 007 199 Menschen aktiv die App, wie das Bundesamt für Statistik am Samstag mitteilte.

By Friday evening (that would have been 10th July) 1 007 199 people had installed the App and were actively using it, according to the report of the Federal Office for Statistics.

To me, that doesn't really seem like a large part of the population, but fair enough, I suppose this is just one preventative measure amongst all the others.

I got it this evening, better late than never but it’s no use because my phone is still too old for it.

To track what?... I had SARS in 2017 and Covid-19 now, if to compare, SARS has affected me worse, SARS was widespread as well, nobody have declared a pandemic, if to look to statistics, it kills comparable to Covid-19...but SARS was for training, the banks didn't was ready for a financial crisis in 2017...if you look in the past begin with 1918, every 10-12 years was a financial crisis that helped banks to acheve more and more assets for pennies...Choose the side, soon they will control every aspect of your life...If you not believe, just research about Cambridge Analytica who worked with military intelligence in several countries...

With iOS if you have Bluetooth on, and you turn on Airplane mode it will turn off Bluetooth. But, if you go back to settings you can turn wifi or Bluetooth back on. This config will become your new default. Turn on airplane mode, wifi and/or Bluetooth remains on. Just the phone network turned off.

I suspect, but don’t know, if Android works the same. When I fly I need Bluetooth to keep functioning. Some airlines are now offering on board wifi but want you to stay in airplane mode.