The inform buttonn only becomes active to use if you have tested positive so cannot be misused.
Please could you give an authoritative source for that?
The page I quoted last night (https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/nhs-covid-19-app-explainer) is still saying the following:
If you then use the app to report that you’re experiencing coronavirus symptoms, all the phones that have been nearby will receive an alert from the app.
Users reading the alert will now know they may have been near a person with coronavirus, and can then self-isolate.
Nothing there about waiting for a positive test result - quite the opposite. And it's not "they have been near..." but "they may have been near..."
My information came from one of the people setting up the trial on the IofW. He was on radio Sussex/Surrey the day I posted the steps of using the app. He said you press the alert button which will have activated. Others say this will be automatically done by the app. You will not know who these people are or where they are. The app will only know them as a code given to each phone when you download and activate the app.
For those worried about big brother at westminster, they have nothing to do with the app. It is all run and controlled by the NHS IT people in charge. They will only know you as a code unless you report symptons. You will the be asked who and where you are for the tester to come and visit.
John915
