Cwa-wishlist: Drop display of "Number of Active Days" completely

[jkrwdf]

Current Implementation

Both apps (iOS and Android) display a number of days how long tracing is (according to the internal knowledge of the app) already active (for example "13 of 14 days").

Suggested Enhancement

I suggest to drop this information completely.

Expected Benefits

I consider this feature not only as problematic regarding its implementation (see bugs regarding "13 of 14" or "15 of 14"), but also from an ethical perspective.

Although politics made clear that the CWA shall never be used as a kind of "Access Control Mechanism" to locations/events, as there is no law so far, it cannot be prevented.

If it then happens, this type of information might be used as a further discriminating factor ("You are not using the CWA for long enough").

None of the other COVID-19 apps I know (Imnuni, SwissCovid) have such information and just indicate "Tracing on / Tracing off".

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Internal Tracking Id: EXPOSUREAPP-2078

[devtechcorp]

Hello,

I want to add to this issue. Many of my friends and family ask me about the 14 out of 14 days active that are displayed. Some expected that the counter would go further ( 15/14, 16/14, etc) up or were unsure if the app is still working. This seems not the be a uncommon thing, as I ask a couple of users ( n > 50 ) for feedback.

Edit: Just to update on that, here is another user complaining

[jkrwdf]

In https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-ios/issues/853#issuecomment-653886108 I found a statement that this feature is explicitly requested by RKI:

Unfortunately, the RKI insists on this feature so we cannot remove it.

So my concerns regarding this feature in general would need to be considered at this level.

[devtechcorp]

If so, we need to adjust the phrase. 5/14 til measurements are meaningful/significant would be one idea. This is really dropping the adoption rate!

[SonaliDK]

Dear @jkrwdf,

thank you very much for your proposal.

To give the community a space for discussing new feature ideas or enhancements that might not be taken up immediately by the development teams, we created the cwa-wishlist repository.

This idea is one of these feature ideas or enhancements. Consequently, we will move this issue to this repository and allow the community and you to further refine it, discuss pros and cons, and evaluate alternatives.

The issue will not be closed in this repository to ensure long-term visibility. All issues in the cwa-wishlist repository will be discussed with our contracting entities. They will decide whether they will be implemented or pursued further. As soon as we have any updates, we will let you know about the details.

Best regards,

SD

Corona-Warn-App Open Source Team

[MikeMcC399]

Related to this request, CWA Android since V1.1.1 shows risk_card_body_saved_days_full "Exposure logging permanently active" instead of "Exposure logging was active for 14 of the past 14 days.".

[jkrwdf]

That's only a UIchange on the initial screen. If you tap the arrow icon in the top right corner of the green box, and scroll down, you still see the 14 of 14 in the free text. The core of my request is that counting overall stops, not that it is hidden.

[GPclips]

Hello @jkrwdf,

this has been implemented!

thanks,
LMM

Corona-Warn-App Open Source Team

[daimpi]

@GPclips

this has been implemented!

Nice, thanks for the update! 🙂

For which CWA version is this change currently targeted?

[GPclips]

Hello community,

since this seems to still occur, I will reopen this issue and check with the development team.

Thanks,
LMM

Corona-Warn-App Open Source Team

[Ein-Tim]

@GPclips but it is planed to drop the number of the active days, isn‘t it?

[Ein-Tim]

And update if this now got implemented or not or if its planed to drop the number?