NHS open-sources contract tracing iOS and Android apps
From [1]:<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; TODO: We need a real device to test Bluetooth scanning if isMultipleAdvertisementSupported == false<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; TODO: We need analytics to identify number of devices that fall into this bucket<p>I don&#x27;t know whether to laugh or cry reading those comments, the fact that this is a &quot;to do&quot; whilst the app is in &quot;testing&quot; and the fact they&#x27;ve decided the appropriate procedure is to reinvent the work Google and Apple have already done.<p>Google already published their code&#x2F;APIs in [2]. I&#x27;m sure these considerations are taken care of by the framework the OS vendors have published themselves. It&#x27;s absolute pure arrogance that anyone would even attempt to re-create the work that is being done at the OS level and not &#x27;fall in line&#x27;. Germany back tracked, Australia back tracked, and the UK too, will back track and implement Google&#x27;s APIs.<p>In a time where the message is &quot;saving lives&quot;, those TODOs are not living up to that motto. This app is a complete waste of time, resources and money. Use the official APIs and be done with it, anything else is putting people in harms way because you think you &quot;know best&quot;. The UK government claimed they reached 100k tests, fudged the numbers, and haven&#x27;t hit that target since. But it&#x27;s okay, they&#x27;ll hit 200k by the end of this month too!<p>Pure 100% incompetence.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;nhsx&#x2F;COVID-19-app-Android-BETA&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;app&#x2F;src&#x2F;main&#x2F;java&#x2F;uk&#x2F;nhs&#x2F;nhsx&#x2F;sonar&#x2F;android&#x2F;app&#x2F;DeviceDetection.kt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;nhsx&#x2F;COVID-19-app-Android-BETA&#x2F;blob&#x2F;maste...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;exposure-notifications-android" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;exposure-notifications-android</a>