Coronavirus Concern Up

[TexasLisa]

I'm such a technopeasant! My phone is Android (that's pretty much all I know) does this work for mine?

I am in the same club Britesea! I try to make sense and usually fail.

Here is what I found for the Android:

How To Disable Apple And Google’s COVID-19 Notifications On Your Phone

As the debate around Apple and Google's COVID-19 contact tracing app framework continues to grow, many people are asking how they can disable it.

www.forbes.com

Just go to the settings app, click on Google|COVID-19 exposure notifications, and you can toggle them on or off from there. From the same place, you can also delete any random IDs that have been stored by clicking on Delete random IDs|Delete.

Here is an article from Kim Komando who usually knows what she is talking about:

Did Google really install contact-tracing software on my Android in secret?

If you saw a viral Facebook post that claimed Google installed contact-tracing software on your Android without permission, don't worry. It's just a hoax.

www.komando.com

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Lisa, thanks for posting that. Hubby used the info on that article to turn off the tracing app. It was installed on both of our phones automatically, and it was turned on!

 

[TexasLisa]

Glad to be of assistance. I am learning like the rest of you.

 

[JanetMarie]

I still have a flip phone, which I rarely use.

 

[TexasLisa]

I still have a flip phone, which I rarely use.

Good for you! I switched from my flip phone to a iPhone last year because my kids thought I should be up-to-date.

 

[farmerjan]

I too still have a flip phone and even though I see some of the advantages of the smart phones, I cannot bring myself to go that route. They make a smart flip phone now, to the tune of over 1,000 but I am not going to spend that kind of money. I like the flip, mine is really old, but I can put it in a back pocket and sit on it and not have to worry about anything breaking. I like the smaller size too. The flip smart phone is on the smaller size, but just don't like all the tracking and stuff on them. But, I can't read many things on the flip phone that people forward to me and that is annoying.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Love this lady:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=297277821462786

 

[frustratedearthmother]

From the video aove: "All is well...nothing has gone wrong"...? I'd say that lady is living in lala land, lol!!! That's my public service announcement!

 

[baymule]

I have an I phone and I like it. Google directions will take me anywhere I want to go. So I’m not going to turn off the tracking thing. It beats the crap out of a paper map, trying to figure out where to turn. I don’t blindly follow the directions, I blow up the phone map to decide for myself the best way to go. I’m not bothered by conspiracy phones. If that got to be a real problem then none of us would need phones.

 

[henless]

Thanks @TexasLisa. This app wasn't on my phone, I have an Iphone 4s. It doesn't even get updates anymore, but it was on my DH's. The app wasn't on though.