Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
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Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#2Someone should archive a copy for reversing. One comment says it has "permission to utilize all device functions".
Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#3Someone should archive a copy for reversing. One comment says it has "permission to utilize all device functions".
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Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#4Here is an official page for the same app. Interesting what is the whole story.
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/enable-massnotify-on-your-...
Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#5It would be one thing to get a push notification asking if you wanted to install the app. But pushing this out silently is going to far.
It’s the scarier version of the free U2 album.
Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#6The app is just a fork of the German Corona-Warn-App [1][2]. From what I can tell only the UI was modified, the codebase seems to be still the same.
Honestly, pushing the app to users isn’t anything to worry about – and in fact something I’d have loved to see other countries do as well.
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[1] https://www.coronawarn.app/en/ [2] https://github.com/corona-warn-app
Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#7"...gives itself full permission to utilize all device functions"
Is that right?
Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#8The app is just a fork of the German Corona-Warn-App [1][2]. From what I can tell only the UI was modified, the codebase seems to be still the same. Honestly, pushing the app to users isn’t anything to worry about – and in fact something I’d have loved to see other countries do as well. ________ [1] https://www.coronawarn.app/en/ [2] https://github.com/corona-warn-app
The worrying part is that it was installed without consent.
Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#9Someone should archive a copy for reversing. One comment says it has "permission to utilize all device functions".
One comment also says that it's a Communist conspiracy.
Over in reality, though, the only permissions it has are to use the internet and bluetooth: https://hastebin.com/yexoyuluzu.xml
Re: Massachusetts health notifications app installed without users’ knowledge
#10The app is just a fork of the German Corona-Warn-App [1][2]. From what I can tell only the UI was modified, the codebase seems to be still the same. Honestly, pushing the app to users isn’t anything to worry about – and in fact something I’d have loved to see other countries do as well. ________ [1] https://www.coronawarn.app/en/ [2] https://github.com/corona-warn-app
Except, the Corona Warn App is the biggest crap that I have ever seen. Yes, the code is open and free and super transparent; morally superior. But what about the effectiveness of this app? Even the German officials do not mention this app since many many many months. The app was criticised from all sides due to lack of effectiveness.
Even the freedom-loving large news outlets published their opinions that they would have wished to see some sacrifice of those high morals for at least SOME level of effectiveness.
I have the app and it is a big piece of junk since day 1. My brother is a doctor and is using this app. He has regular direct contact with Covid patients. Do you know how many "high risk contact" notifications he has received since Summer 2020? Yes, you guessed it: 0.