Phone tracking your exposure

Sunny

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I got a message this morning on my phone saying that the state of MD is now able to use cell phones to track whether we have been exposed to the virus. If we want to be informed whenever we've been exposed, it can tell us.

I did click Yes for that, don't know yet how it works, or what I can do about it if it does say I've been exposed. It promises that names and locations are never revealed, so it sounds OK.

If it becomes a nuisance, I can turn the app off. Does anybody else have this?
 

Sunny said:
I got a message this morning on my phone saying that the state of MD is now able to use cell phones to track whether we have been exposed to the virus. If we want to be informed whenever we've been exposed, it can tell us.

I did click Yes for that, don't know yet how it works, or what I can do about it if it does say I've been exposed. It promises that names and locations are never revealed, so it sounds OK.

If it becomes a nuisance, I can turn the app off. Does anybody else have this?
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My husband has this app on his phone.
 

I only turn on my phone's location system when I have a specific need for it (like for directions), and afterwards I turn it off again.

It really creeped me out when my phone would ask me to rate restaurants, stores and other places I'd visited.

Not planning on adding this app. Google and its buddies already know too much about my life.
 
That's supposedly how China got control of the spread but the app isn't optional for citizens. The Chinese people have lived so long with apps, facial recognition cameras etc tracking their every move and grading their "social credit" that I doubt it was hard for the CCP to roll out. And that's if you can believe any of the Covid stats issued by the CCP from the beginning. There could be hot spots in China now that we'll never know about.
 
Rosemarie said:
My phone is an old one and doesn't connect to the internet, so it's not an option. Google knows far too much about me already.
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Yeah, I was a little worried about that also, Rosemary. But they promise not to reveal names, locations, etc. to anybody. It's just to warn the person who has been exposed. So I'm hoping they are as good as their word.
 
StarSong said:
I only turn on my phone's location system when I have a specific need for it (like for directions), and afterwards I turn it off again.

It really creeped me out when my phone would ask me to rate restaurants, stores and other places I'd visited.

Not planning on adding this app. Google and its buddies already know too much about my life.
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Same here. No way, no how. Location Services stays turned OFF.
 
StarSong said:
It really creeped me out when my phone would ask me to rate restaurants, stores and other places I'd visited
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LMAO....We were camping at a state park in GA .... over the course of the weekend we both received multiple messages about
rating a restaurant.... We were in the middle of the woods!!!!!
 
If you have Google on your phone, whether it is turned on or off, it knows where you are if you have that phone with you. This was demonstrated one day by Cyber Guy on Fox, when he showed a video where a man turned his phone off and then took a trip around some big city, stopping multiple places. At the end of the day, checking with Google, it showed every where he visited. If you read the terms and conditions of accepting Google, it is spelled out in that entire statement which takes an hour to read. So, if you buy and Android Smartphone with Google installed, you are accepting their terms.
 
Lewkat said:
If you have Google on your phone, whether it is turned on or off, it knows where you are if you have that phone with you. This was demonstrated one day by Cyber Guy on Fox, when he showed a video where a man turned his phone off and then took a trip around some big city, stopping multiple places. At the end of the day, checking with Google, it showed every where he visited. If you read the terms and conditions of accepting Google, it is spelled out in that entire statement which takes an hour to read. So, if you buy and Android Smartphone with Google installed, you are accepting their terms.
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I wish I could say this surprises me, but it doesn't. On the other hand, if they already do that, why do they bother to have a location feature that can be turned on or off? What's more, why keep asking me if I'd like to turn it on?

p.s. I'm not talking about turning off or clearing the location history feature, I'm referring to the location feature itself.
 
StarSong said:
I wish I could say this surprises me, but it doesn't. On the other hand, if they already do that, why do they bother to have a location feature that can be turned on or off? What's more, why keep asking me if I'd like to turn it on?

p.s. I'm not talking about turning off or clearing the location history feature, I'm referring to the location feature itself.
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I'm not sure why. I don't have that feature on my phone at all. I do know, they know exactly where I go and where I've been since seeing that video, I tried it out.
 
That's creepy. "Big Bother" creepy. Since where you are, and where you go can be found without that tracking, I wouldn't sign up. Before going anywhere, I first check where there are "hot spots" by way of other sources to find out.
BTW way, I don't use a cellphone anyway :))s
 
It isn't a matter of signing up. Smartphones have Googled installed, so if you don't want a cell phone tracking you, don't get a Smartphone. As for tracking you, satellites in space are already doing that.
 
Lewkat said:
I'm not sure why. I don't have that feature on my phone at all. I do know, they know exactly where I go and where I've been since seeing that video, I tried it out.
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Look up "turn off location" on an internet search that includes the make and model of your phone. Do it with duckduckgo.com if you don't want google watching over your shoulder. ;)
 
StarSong said:
I only turn on my phone's location system when I have a specific need for it (like for directions), and afterwards I turn it off again.

It really creeped me out when my phone would ask me to rate restaurants, stores and other places I'd visited.

Not planning on adding this app. Google and its buddies already know too much about my life.
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How do you feel about your computer tracking your shopping? It knows where you've been. :)
 
This is probably the wrong logic, but I never go anywhere interesting enough that I would care if anyone knew about it.
 

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