They want to start testing this weekend 👀
*insert any Product Manager joke here*
This is just not realistic.
Furthermore, I don’t think Apple & Google’s APIs will be available? 🤷🏻♂️
Don’t get me wrong, I believe we should explore this route and expect the conclusion to be that we should use apps for contact tracing... but if cutting corners leads to mistakes, that’s costly.
Rumor has it that Accenture is in the running because "they developed something for Austria" - I'd really like to see that app.
The app is only available in the Austrian AppStore, which means that expats and many others won’t be able to use it 🤯
That’s not how you get to >60% adoption 🤦
I don’t know the details, but I can think of other ways to prevent abuse that don’t make you so easily identifiable as your phone number...
Otherwise it only sends your ID, but does not receive others’
*This is why you HAVE TO collaborate with Apple*
Unfortunately it looks like that if your phone is in your pocket or bag, the other person will register as further away than hd actually is...
It should be a bit more than 2M to be safe.
If not, then please let’s take the time, with a good team, to build something solid together with Apple and Google.