[LINK] About those COVIDSafe download numbers

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 18/05/2020 9:12 am, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On 16/5/20 1:43 pm, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> 1. Total number of downloads - i.e. pre-update plus since update
>>
>> 2. Downloads of updated version
>
>
> The download number is irrelevant. The interesting number is how many
> people have registered, or better, how many people are actively
> running the application. The number of active instances can be counted
> because the application has to check in with the server every 2 years
> to fetch a new temporary ID (which is what it broadcasts on Bluetooth).
2 years?
>
> However this number will not look so good for the government because
> of the problems with background applications on iOS, among other reasons. 

Which is why it is unlikely they will publish the number of downloads
since the update became available.

>From what I can tell it's way less than 100,000.


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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email: brd at iimetro.com.au