BBC saying Govt may drop “their app” in favour of Apple and google one

[Jedi boro]

Well who saw that coming then.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52995881

Concerns about the risks of deploying a go-it-alone UK coronavirus contact-tracing app are causing further delays.
A second version of the smartphone software was due to have begun testing on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday, but the government decided to postpone the trial.
Ministers are considering switching the app over to tech developed by Apple and Google.


add it to the list.

 

[360]

Is this the app that breached pretty much every privacy law going?

 

[1finny]

Saw a survey today that said around 30% of people would not download it.
Shame really because I'd quite like an App for a world beating system

 

[Richyboro]

D'oh! Not again.

 

[Billyzin]

Will that mean we'll get our £250 million back off Cummings chums?

 

[Muttley]

Any news yet on who got the money for developing this "world beating" software without any of the foolishness of bidding for the work?

 

[Lefty]

Somehow Chris Grayling must have been involved in this farce.

 

[Chris_Boro]

Epic waste of tax payers money. Inquiry should be started and those responsible held to account.

 

[Duffman]

I know a few on here don’t like us criticising or talking down the government but every announcement makes me feel sick to the stomach at the moment. We were promised a ‘World beating track and trace up and running on 1st June. Today we were told a 1/3rd of those testing positive couldn’t be traced.

https://www.politicshome.com/news/a...ack-and-trace-system-up-and-running-by-1-june

 

[go-nads!]

I said at the start of this, that there would be those who would see this as an opportunity to profit for very little and that government would enable them - looks like the app company is one of them.

 

[BoroMart]

Will that mean we'll get our £250 million back off Cummings chums?

no chance, they'll have squirrelled whatever they've received offshore, then they'll shut the company down.