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COVID19 App Installed on YOUR iPhone Without Permission
« on: June 20, 2020, 02:24:25 PM »
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    Louie Verrecchio

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    Have an iPhone? Go to Settings / Privacy / Health and say hello to the COVID Tracerware that Apple installed w/o your permission. Optional? Ha! Sure, just like this install was optional. This is just the beginning.

    The days are coming when some spindly little maggot with a clip board will knock on your door and inform you that you are hereby quarantined by order of the state. If you're lucky, your home will suffice. If not, pack your bags. This is what passivity to the leftist social control agenda has earned us.



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    Nancy Russo I have an Android and I do not have any such thing on my Android.

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    Fasciglione Nicholas replied  · 3 Replies  · 1 hr


    Tom Jones So go to the settings and make sure it’s off.

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    Charmaine Hess Except for the author's remark on a "vaccine", here's some hope. https://thefederalist.com/.../contact-tracing-is-a.../
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    If reopening America is contingent on robust contact tracing then America will never reopen.



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    If reopening America is contingent on robust contact tracing then America will never reopen.



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    Kelly McCoy Linn Is there a way to delete it?

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    Linda Clerkin Have no cell phone. End it.

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    Louie Verrecchio QUESTION: What are the chances that lowlife liberal legislators will eventually pass laws requiring cellphone manufacturers / carriers to install active Contact Tracing apps (forget on/off switches)?

    BETTER QUESTION: Based on the experience of the last three months, is there any good reason to believe that the legislation isn't already written?

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    Re: COVID19 App Installed on YOUR iPhone Without Permission
    « Reply #1 on: June 20, 2020, 02:27:30 PM »
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    • Apparently there are steps you can take to disable this app.  Read through the OP for them, but some of them include:

    1) Turn off Bluetooth
    2) Turn off location services
    3) Turn off auto updates for iOS in settings (i.e., for some the app will not be loaded onto their iPhones until the next auto update, so if you turn off autoupdates, you won't get it.
    4) Turn off Health monitoring (which monitors your steps, etc).
    5) Additional measures mentioned in the OP
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    Re: COVID19 App Installed on YOUR iPhone Without Permission
    « Reply #2 on: June 20, 2020, 04:28:09 PM »
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    Re: COVID19 App Installed on YOUR iPhone Without Permission
    « Reply #3 on: June 20, 2020, 05:39:59 PM »
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    • Specific steps to take:

    1) To see the new COVID19 tracing app on your iPhone, go to: Settings/Privacy/Health, click on Health, and there it is.  If you do not see it, it will pop up with the next iOS update.

    2) To disable/turn off this app, go to: Settings/Privacy/Health, click Health, then click on "COVID-19 Exposure Logging," then turn it off by sliding the green button to gray.

    3) Additional protective measures will include turning Bluetooth off, since the app works through your Bluetooth function (go to: Settings/Bluetooth, then click on Bluetooth, then slide the green button to gray/off).

    4) You should also turn off "Location Services" (which tracks your location) by going to: Settings/Privacy/Location Services, then click on location services, and slide the green button to gray/off).  

    [Note that these last two steps (i.e., disabling Bluetooth and Location Services) may impede your ability to use GPS services for directions while driving.  So you have a decision to make.]

    5) Finally, if you have not yet received the COVID-19 tracing app, it will be coming on your next iOS automatic update.  To prevent the automatic uploading of the app, simple turn off automatic updates (go to: Settings/General/Software Update/Automatic Updates, then clicking on Automatic Updates, slide green button to gray/off).

    6) It may also be a good idea to disable the Motion & Fitness app (which tracks your movement, ostensibly for health purposes) by going to: Settings/Privacy/Motion & Fitness, then clicking on Motion & Fitness, slide the green button to gray/off.

    If you take these measures, you will have done all you can do to keep Bill Gates out of your personal life.
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