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Helpful #nhsxCOVID19app explainer [Thread] 👇 from @hadleybeeman.

For more technical background, see github.com/nhsx/covid19-a… for, e.g. system architecture (v3) and (predominantly @AWS) infrastructure.

Of course, we're still waiting for the results of the trials...
...and, as the BBC's write-up concludes, evidence that #ExposureNotification works in practice is "scant" - in ALL countries attempting it, not just the UK:

bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

Efficacy (as in NZ) will most likely come from #QRcheckin, which could've been done months ago.
Bottom line, will I be downloading it? Already have - as I did with the other versions, to see what they did.

Will I be using it? Probably. Not least to avoid having to hand over personal details; combined with regular data deletes/resets.

Will I trust it to keep me safe? No...
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WTAF is @NHSEngland playing at?!

It could've built & released a voluntary #QRcode check-in app MONTHS ago; certainly in time for the loosening of lockdown. (I spoke to folks with one ready to go, back when the first *symptom-trackers* were launching...)
news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
...and #QRcheckin is NOT the same as #ContactTracing!

Arbitrarily kludging together two different approaches 'cos you screwed up trust in v1.0 ain't clever, nor is it good design - it's #FeatureCreep. And smacks a bit of desperation.

Adding #location data to your app, when...
...you know that's already a no-no is making the same schoolboy error as before. Whining "Apple won't let us do it!", when it's in the damn spec makes one wonder just how realistic a grasp @MattHancock & @NHSX actually have here. Tech ain't magic; rules exist for a reason.
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