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"It's unclear at this stage," says government person on whether the app is OK to be used while minimised on iPhones.
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Question, @ByClare: From a technical point of view would that mean that iPhone users wouldn't need to have the app
open in the background?
Government guy: It's unclear at this stage, so we are working with Apple and Google on their functionality..."
open in the background?
Government guy: It's unclear at this stage, so we are working with Apple and Google on their functionality..."
Question: If you have too many different apps running Bluetooth and location tracking at the same time (will it still work as intended)?
Answer: "It is dependent on the phone, the settings on the phone, the battery of the phone and the
power of the phone....
Answer: "It is dependent on the phone, the settings on the phone, the battery of the phone and the
power of the phone....
"What we see is that the more things you have open, the more interference as possible within the signals of the Bluetooth and the reduction in the Bluetooth strength which also affects accuracy."
Q: Will you release the source code and, if not why not? A:Yes, absolutely we will release the source code for everything that's safe to do so and that's being addressed by the Australian Cybersecurity Centre and then we will make it available. We will release it within two weeks
Question: Can you rule out that intelligence services will build a back door into the app.
Answer: The bio security regulation rules out secondary use of the data within the app.
Answer: The bio security regulation rules out secondary use of the data within the app.
Question: What kind of things are you doing to stop battery drain on phones and making sure that we don't have any issue if we turn it off? What kind of issues?
Answer: The first thing is our testing indicates that if you are already running Bluetooth it only uses....
Answer: The first thing is our testing indicates that if you are already running Bluetooth it only uses....
"... marginal normal battery life compared to any other app. So if you use it and it's only a marginal increase on the battery drain of the phone, and if you're not it's obviously equivalent to an application that uses Bluetooth, or an equivalent application such as Spotify."
"We have enabled a push notification for people who downloaded the app overnight to remind people to run the app. So for those people who it does slip into the background, we know the performance is better...."
"If it comes to the foreground of the apps that you are running there is a reminder in there to remind people to refresh the app status."
The full context, via @tveedercom. The person responding is Daniel Keys, who is assistant secretary of the Department of Health and its CIO
