The solution to this problem is simple. Find the name of the APK file (Android) or .ipa/.ipsw the creeps installed on your phone. Save the name. Zap the file. Make a text file, save it with the same name and extension as the creeps' app. Log into your phone with any terminal program like PuTTY. CHMOD your spiffy new file to 0.0.0%. Now your phone will report back that the app is installed and there's not a damn thing they can do about it. Bonus points if you write RESISTANCE TO TYRANTS IS OBEDIENCE TO GOD (Massachusetts' first state motto) in the text file.
Sounds like we are on our way to a social credit type system to track the unvaxxed, conspiracy theorists, conservatives, climate deniers, pronoun refusers etc. What does that evil ghoul, Klaus Schwab, like to say? “You will own nothing and be happy.” The infrastructure to track our happiness looks like it is in the process of being built Brock by brick. Good times indeed.
It's not easy to pull the thread of reality on this one, as MassPH is being completely opaque about the whole thing, but it is being reported in a few places that the people who had this pushed to their phones had given 'permission' as part of the fine print when they supplied their phone numbers on their vaccination paperwork. So in addition to promoting suspicion of vaccination efforts by sneaking in stealth consent to privacy intrusions via 'terms and conditions' hijinx that would land a savings and loan in jail if they tried it, they are only distributing this app to people who have absolutely no need to know if they've been in contact with a COVID case because they're already immune. By the time this is over Departments of Public Health will be held in lower regard than the DMV, Comcast, and telemarketers rolled into one. If they aren't already.
Both Apple and Google created a system (they called it "framework") to help track individuals and notify them if they have been exposed to a "confirmed" case. If you are running the latest software in your phone (in other words, if you have automatic updates enabled), there is a great possibility it has been installed. Now by default, that should be disabled. How notification & tracing works depends; for some locations you need an additional app, for others (as it seems to be the case in the article) it doesn't.
I suspect many people are completely unaware this "framework" is installed on their phones.
Unfortunately I don't know where it is exactly located in iPhones. In Android, it is part of the Google Play Services. Sadly, you cannot remove the framework individually unless you uninstall the Google Play Services update and revert back to a previous version. Unfortunately, it will eventually be reinstalled if the Play Store is enabled.
You could disable Google Play services, but some apps may complain about that. There seems to be a way to keep it from updating, but it doesn't look easy. So the easiest route would be to disable Play Store, but you would have to manually update the other apps.
Other options...only carry the phone when really necessary. Or turn location services on only when needed. Or...switch to the classic, dumb cellphone.
Anyways, it really makes me laugh when they say privacy will be respected, specially coming from Google. Smartphones by default collect and share tons & tons of user data. Governments' job is really easy.
Look, Bad Cat, why are you so worried? As they have told us for years, if you have not done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear! By the way, if I kill myself in prison, please be advised that I did NOT commit suicide. That is all...
I was initially quite skeptical too, since "trust us" is not a good argument, but since I am a practitioner in the arts and know what their terms mean, I can now perhaps help address your questions and unpack some of this for you.
> it is just an app that tracks you
This is actually just the definition of being a useful phone: it is a device that enables calls to find their way to you, and not some other random phone. The app is distinct not in that it tracks you, but that it only collects and shares this information in a privacy-focused way.
> somehow knows everyone’s disease status
You have to manually click a button to say "I'd like to warn people I was nearby that an anonymous person is sick who in their proximity." It is not magic, and it has no actual knowledge of your health. Though Apple also has their Health app, which you could use to also log your health, the two apps are not connected and don't share data.
> developed with google and apple but claiming not to share data with them.
This general class of study is known as "homomorphic encryption" and is entirely feasible, though the math is really heavy for the general problem. But in simple terms, only random numbers normally and sent from or to your phone, unless you decide to notify people of possible infection. Until you notify your proximity bubble of your infectiveness status, and only if you opted into the app, the data remains securely located only on your phone.
Apple developed this algorithm a few years ago to help you find lost or stolen iPhones in a privacy-preserving way, which is why it is on by default. It can now also help you find lost keys and such with their new tags, entirely without the ability for Apple to track their location.
Scorcher, hermano. Brilliant. But, hey, Panopticon gonna' panopticon, am I right? If you rule by bread and circus (and psychological operations and synthetic endocrine disruptors and Mockingbird media and a dangerously dumbed-down educational system), and you can tell that in about three to five years you won't be able to provide bread and circus, that whole "opt in" to the digital ID just don't fly, man. If you think January 21 2021 was a clusterfuck, just wait till January 21, 2025.
The solution to this problem is simple. Find the name of the APK file (Android) or .ipa/.ipsw the creeps installed on your phone. Save the name. Zap the file. Make a text file, save it with the same name and extension as the creeps' app. Log into your phone with any terminal program like PuTTY. CHMOD your spiffy new file to 0.0.0%. Now your phone will report back that the app is installed and there's not a damn thing they can do about it. Bonus points if you write RESISTANCE TO TYRANTS IS OBEDIENCE TO GOD (Massachusetts' first state motto) in the text file.
Sounds like we are on our way to a social credit type system to track the unvaxxed, conspiracy theorists, conservatives, climate deniers, pronoun refusers etc. What does that evil ghoul, Klaus Schwab, like to say? “You will own nothing and be happy.” The infrastructure to track our happiness looks like it is in the process of being built Brock by brick. Good times indeed.
Perhaps another reason to be happy that my cellphone isn't a smartphone?
It's not easy to pull the thread of reality on this one, as MassPH is being completely opaque about the whole thing, but it is being reported in a few places that the people who had this pushed to their phones had given 'permission' as part of the fine print when they supplied their phone numbers on their vaccination paperwork. So in addition to promoting suspicion of vaccination efforts by sneaking in stealth consent to privacy intrusions via 'terms and conditions' hijinx that would land a savings and loan in jail if they tried it, they are only distributing this app to people who have absolutely no need to know if they've been in contact with a COVID case because they're already immune. By the time this is over Departments of Public Health will be held in lower regard than the DMV, Comcast, and telemarketers rolled into one. If they aren't already.
“By enabling MassNotify on your smartphone, YOU HAVE THE POWER to help...”. (emphasis mine) Ya right, comrade.
Both Apple and Google created a system (they called it "framework") to help track individuals and notify them if they have been exposed to a "confirmed" case. If you are running the latest software in your phone (in other words, if you have automatic updates enabled), there is a great possibility it has been installed. Now by default, that should be disabled. How notification & tracing works depends; for some locations you need an additional app, for others (as it seems to be the case in the article) it doesn't.
I suspect many people are completely unaware this "framework" is installed on their phones.
Unfortunately I don't know where it is exactly located in iPhones. In Android, it is part of the Google Play Services. Sadly, you cannot remove the framework individually unless you uninstall the Google Play Services update and revert back to a previous version. Unfortunately, it will eventually be reinstalled if the Play Store is enabled.
You could disable Google Play services, but some apps may complain about that. There seems to be a way to keep it from updating, but it doesn't look easy. So the easiest route would be to disable Play Store, but you would have to manually update the other apps.
Other options...only carry the phone when really necessary. Or turn location services on only when needed. Or...switch to the classic, dumb cellphone.
Anyways, it really makes me laugh when they say privacy will be respected, specially coming from Google. Smartphones by default collect and share tons & tons of user data. Governments' job is really easy.
Look, Bad Cat, why are you so worried? As they have told us for years, if you have not done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear! By the way, if I kill myself in prison, please be advised that I did NOT commit suicide. That is all...
opportunity for data miners
imagine if they went after guns in the hood
long as i keep my dumb phone. 4g and limited email google
Succinct writing
I was initially quite skeptical too, since "trust us" is not a good argument, but since I am a practitioner in the arts and know what their terms mean, I can now perhaps help address your questions and unpack some of this for you.
> it is just an app that tracks you
This is actually just the definition of being a useful phone: it is a device that enables calls to find their way to you, and not some other random phone. The app is distinct not in that it tracks you, but that it only collects and shares this information in a privacy-focused way.
> somehow knows everyone’s disease status
You have to manually click a button to say "I'd like to warn people I was nearby that an anonymous person is sick who in their proximity." It is not magic, and it has no actual knowledge of your health. Though Apple also has their Health app, which you could use to also log your health, the two apps are not connected and don't share data.
> developed with google and apple but claiming not to share data with them.
This general class of study is known as "homomorphic encryption" and is entirely feasible, though the math is really heavy for the general problem. But in simple terms, only random numbers normally and sent from or to your phone, unless you decide to notify people of possible infection. Until you notify your proximity bubble of your infectiveness status, and only if you opted into the app, the data remains securely located only on your phone.
Apple developed this algorithm a few years ago to help you find lost or stolen iPhones in a privacy-preserving way, which is why it is on by default. It can now also help you find lost keys and such with their new tags, entirely without the ability for Apple to track their location.
Scorcher, hermano. Brilliant. But, hey, Panopticon gonna' panopticon, am I right? If you rule by bread and circus (and psychological operations and synthetic endocrine disruptors and Mockingbird media and a dangerously dumbed-down educational system), and you can tell that in about three to five years you won't be able to provide bread and circus, that whole "opt in" to the digital ID just don't fly, man. If you think January 21 2021 was a clusterfuck, just wait till January 21, 2025.
How do we stop it?