My wife hasn’t, Jez. Nor has my other mobile.
I remain wary . . .
Chris
> On 26 Mar 2020, at 09:51, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Indeed - and EVERY mobile should receive it in due course.
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 08:05, Chris Weir <chris.a.weir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The government text message is being sent out by the mobile companies,
>> there is no overall alerting system in the UK, that is why it has come out
>> staggered over several days.
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, 07:57 Chris Barker, <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I share your wariness as well, Philippe, but I didn’t mean that sort of
>>> tracking :-). I meant that the disease’s reach could be monitored. So,
>> I
>>> needn’t leave my home for the next two weeks, but if next Monday I feel
>>> symptoms I can report it. If my neighbours reported as well, the cluster
>>> could be recognised.
>>>
>>> That’s the idea; but I remain wary because . . .
>>>
>>> . . . our PM’s strange Special Adviser months ago threatened to use the
>>> .gov websites to glean extra information about the populace. And on
>>> Tuesday I received a text message from gov.uk <http://gov.uk/> repeating
>>> Johnson’s message from a broadcast the night before. So I’m wary of the
>>> Government’s apparently sinister monitoring, and I would be unsurprised
>> if
>>> the King’s College database (among many others) did not become a target
>> for
>>> more interference.
>>>
>>> Chris
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