[LINK] COVIDsafe app update requires location on

[Kim Holburn]

On 2020/08/10 9:38 pm, kheitman at kheitman.com wrote:
> Last weekend I noticed it was not working - on opening it I was informed
> that the app "requires" location to be set on in order to run. 

Yes.  Bluetooth is considered by Google to be part of location services.
 I believe some places like large buildings and tollway tunnels have
bluetooth beacons so your phone/google maps doesn't get disoriented
underground or inside.  The government pinky swore it wasn't logging
location data but.  You can still disable most apps that want location
but maybe not parts of the system.

I don't
> routinely permit location broadcasting, so it's now a matter of letting
> Google's location function run amok or the COVIDsafe app won't work at
> all.

...

> or the COVIDsafe app won't work at all.

Clearly you are an optimist if you think CovidSafe works at all.