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“If 2 phones are within that distance for more than 15 minutes, it will exchange data with that phone”

Who, in their right mind, is going to spend more than 15 minutes within 1.5m of anyone other than people in their household!?!? Renders the app useless, apart from tracking the real stupid people.

If I’m out of my house, I’m passing and in the presence of others for a few seconds or around a minute or two (say, in a shop). That’s it.

Pointless app...
by Daamon (score: 1|30) 1136 days ago
by Roy Chambers (score: 3), 1136 days ago
However the purpose the app is to return society to normal activity. Much of my life, I have engaged in activities where I have spent more than 15 minutes within 1.5 metres of people. This includes, going to work, study or socialise.

Yes, we can remain in lockdown conditions and not get within 1.5 metres of people except for very short periods, but if we were to use the app, we would be able to go out and do, what for me anyway, are normal activities.

There is not a lot of community transmission in Australia, so using the app will allow us to go out to restaurants, bars, small performances, go to house parties, host dinner parties and other activities where we might not know the people around us.