[LINK] Remote Telstra Subscribers Unable to Activate the COVIDSafe App

[Roger Clarke]

On 3/5/20 9:22 am, Tom Worthington wrote:
> The ABC has reported that some without mobile phone coverage are unable 
> to activate the COVIDSafe app. They can download the app via WiFi, but 
> Telstra doesn't forward the conformation text message via WiFi to their 
> subscribers, so the app is not activated. 
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-05-01/rural-residents-unable-to-use-covidsafe-app/12202772 

Damn, yet another one to add to the collection at 2.5:

       The Effectiveness of Bluetooth Proximity Apps
       in Tracing People with COVID-19 Exposure Risk
          https://rogerclarke.com/EC/EBPA.html#EF

But I guess it's a reasonable argument that most people without Telstra 
mobile phone coverage are very skilled at maintaining spatial 
separation, and hence most are in the lowest-priority target segments.

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