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Erm......they can hack into computers as well as smart phones you know. That thing that you read your emails on.😉
I for one am truly thankful for all the technology we have nowadays. It’s been easy to keep in touch with loved ones, share ideas and fun, video call, send videos, communicate with health services remotely, renew prescriptions easily, track exercise, order my shopping, share important information, help get to and from a location, check the weather, keep an eye on Bank account, while away a few minutes playing a game, watch the latest news anywhere, etc...... Applepay means no touching of card machines or having to wipe down debit cards.
Aside from all the keeping safe stuff. Just needs careful settings on security. And mixing up passwords.
Happy to have a Smart phone, it takes the App, but isn’t the latest model by any means. Used to pay £8 a month for it, but it’s mine now, so I get 6GB, unlimited calls, texts per month, rolled over for around £5 per month. A small price to pay for the things it delivers. Fully understand if folks can’t afford a phone, that’s something different.
Got a SIL who is a tech dinosaur. Won’t rather than can’t. Her life and that of rest of her family could be so much easier, but no, it’s not happening anytime soon.
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I’m with you, TDA. I can’t understand not taking advantage of modern technology that makes life easier. I enjoy using my phone for all things and the only thing I regard as unsafe is using public Wi-fi. The phone network is definitely safer than, say, site Wi-fi.😎
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👍 Never used Site WiFi, or none secure hotspots.
I am just back from taking some stuff to one of our local dump it Sites, just looked online on phone, it told me where was busy, where wasn’t...... I didn’t queue😂
You do have to turn off the NHS App when attending our local hospitals. Otherwise you would be self isolating for years as it racked up all the “you have been in contact...” alerts.
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Granted, it’s a damn sight quicker than carrier pigeons. (Mind, those GOT Ravens couldn’t half fly fast🤣)
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I think as a person you either use all the tech the 21st century offers or you accept your world is the 20th century. We as a species are swiftly moving to higher & higher tech, it already controls much of our everyday life. Unfortunately the world will not indefinitely pander to the troglodytes they will just be left behind. If that is some folks choice-have at it👍🏻🙂
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That reminds me of someone I went to school with who won't even use text so misses out on so much while the world moves on.
I think techie stuff is helping us stay safe at this time. Contactless payment, shopping online, booking in at the doc's surgery from the car and, of course, the NHS app designed you help us beat Covid.
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Not forgetting Youtube-no more book buying, if you want to know how & what to use to stop a small leak. . .YouTube it👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Goodness, yes! The "how do I..." questions on here can nearly always be answered by YouTube.
Talking of book buying, a library of 200+ books in a slim 6” tablet. Who'd have thought it!
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Signing up to the app you have give the details.
Just wait for the junk to start. It has already happened to lots of friends of our ‘ s.
Info sold on , for a great profit, and every Tom, Dick and Harry know where you are during your lifetime.
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I would encourage you to be a little better informed on the advantages of technology. The problems at TalkTalk were flaws in their computer systems nothing at all to do with phones run on their network. My wife thought she was perfectly happy with her Nokia 6200 phone until I persuaded her to let me buy her a Smart Phone as a present. She is now on her second Smart Phone and I don't think she would surrender it without a fight!!! People who have no experience of Smart Phones have no idea what these wonderful pieces of technology can do. Mine can run my bank and credit card accounts, control my heating at home when I am away in the van, I can measure how far I walk or cycle, I can take a picture of a flower I don't recognise and get the name through an app on my phone. If I am in a strange places I have maps at my disposal to find the way to where I want to be. All this on a piece of equipment I can slip into my pocket. The NHS COVID App is there to try and protect you and others around you.
David
PS How do you book Club sites?
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I don't see how that can be the case because the only information you enter into the App is your postcode.
David
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It probably always was JVB, village gossips have been over taken by smart technology.
I think the email sent out from the club could have been a bit more user friendly but if you have a smart phone it saves too much personal contact at site receptions just now....I know this might affect you personally but the rest of us don't need to know everything that's going on , do we?
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I was attempting to respond to your question about QR codes, that you should see them in many places now and you'll just have to look out for them if you want to use them. Scotland will have it's own system but the rest of the uk is working on the same version. No idea about mobile signals, the QR just requires an automatic photo shot to register.
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I wondered this as it either checks you out at midnight or when you go to the next check in venue, whichever is earlier, so just checking in when you get there is just for that day. I just leave my phone in the caravan when I go to the shower block or to the water points so it couldn’t be for tracking on site and they have our details anyway.
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I've just had a re-read how the app works and basically it generates a frequent random code that links you to A N Other if you're near them for more than 15 mins. If they happen to test positive you get notified. See "how does the NHS app work" on search engines.
So it's more to do with loading the QR, which creates a random code which is held for 14 days and the technology locates other users in the vicinity. The codes can't be recognised by others nearby...etc etc. (The place details can be removed as the proximity has been recognised.)
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After all your explanations I'm not a lot wiser, being the techno dinosaur that I am, so when we finally arrive on a CC site I'll just have to suck it and see, as the saying goes. I do have a QR reader downloaded on my phone, but have not used it in earnest yet.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 nice to see a velvet glove used so politely brue
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You will need to download the Scottish NHS App Nellie. It’s different to the England/Wales one. Then when you cross the Border, delete the Scottish one, and download the English one.
Just as an aside, I understand that the English App failed to inform Londoners they had moved into Tier 2 this morning, another glitch on the system.
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