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You need a code to mark yourself as infected.

• jedberg 6y ago
  But where do the codes come from? How does a legit user get a code?
  • gravypod 6y ago
    From what I've read online it seems like hospitals and healthcare organizations will have the ability to generate codes. After a doctor thinks you could possibly be infected they will provide you with a code.
    • jedberg 6y ago
      Ok but there must be a code generation API. Presumably you'd need an app to access that API. How is access to that API controlled?
      • anon946 6y ago
        The code generation code is not on the phone. It's on the server, which is controlled by the public health authorities.
  • guiambros 6y ago
    From Wired[1]: "In another series of screenshots, the companies show how the apps will likely work when a user is diagnosed as Covid-19 positive. As Apple and Google had suggested earlier, they'll require users to enter a unique code provided by health care providers or a Covid-19 testing lab before allowing them to declare themselves as infected, since otherwise trolls or mistaken self-diagnoses could flood the system with false positives." [1] https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-covid-19-contact-tracing-interface/ https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-covid-19-contact-tr...
    • jedberg 6y ago
      Thanks. So it sounds like they at least took it into consideration.