Cwa-app-ios: Number of active days is misleading

Created on 27 Jun 2020  ·  3Comments  ·  Source: corona-warn-app/cwa-app-ios

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Describe the bug

I have installed the App ~10 days ago. After running into issue #766 I have deinstalled and installed the app. According to @thomasaugsten the contact protocol is stored in the OS. If this is the case the number of active days (“x von 14 Tagen aktiv”) in the app is misleading for me.

Expected behaviour

  • x should be the number days the tracking function of the OS contains data and has been active.

    Steps to reproduce the issue

  1. Install App
  2. Use it 10 days
  3. Deinstall
  4. Install

    Technical details

  • iOS Version:
  • Device:

Possible Fix

Additional context

bug

Most helpful comment

You can tell the date from the key's rolling start period. But there are two issues:

  • To access the own keys, the user has to grant permission (The system will prompt an alert to ask whether the user wants to share the keys)
  • If you deactivate the contract tracing protocol at 10am for instance, a key may have already been generated although the app hasn't been active the whole day

All 3 comments

The issue is only the OS knows the number of keys in the contact protocol and when they are collected. We can only show how many days the app is active. When the app is uninstalled also this day count of the app is deleted.

@thomasaugsten Thanks for your response :)

Is there a way how to access that data? At least on an aggregated level?

You can tell the date from the key's rolling start period. But there are two issues:

  • To access the own keys, the user has to grant permission (The system will prompt an alert to ask whether the user wants to share the keys)
  • If you deactivate the contract tracing protocol at 10am for instance, a key may have already been generated although the app hasn't been active the whole day
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