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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Coronacooties
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 12:03:03 +0000
Easily checked

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-sms-messages


On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 10:31, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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