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Re:UK’s NHS Covid-19 App by danielmg on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:12PM (#23107679)
Did you read the notes in the link next to that item?

"In order to use Bluetooth features in your application, you must declare the Bluetooth permission BLUETOOTH. You need this permission to perform any Bluetooth communication, such as requesting a connection, accepting a connection, and transferring data.

You must also declare the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission, given that LE beacons are often associated with location. Without this permission, scans won't return any results."

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Re:UK’s NHS Covid-19 App by cameronbrown on Thursday May 07, 2020 @06:38PM (#23109184)
Sure, but the Google/Apple contact tracing APIs do not need this.
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Re:UK’s NHS Covid-19 App by senectus1 on Thursday May 07, 2020 @10:43PM (#23110880)
do these exist yet?

My understanding is those are still in development and haven't yet been pushed to the world.

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Re:UK’s NHS Covid-19 App by cameronbrown on Saturday May 09, 2020 @11:47AM (#23125674)
The API interfaces were published, but you're correct implementation is yet to ship.

https://blog.google/documents/55/Android_Contact_Tracing_API...

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