Eu Citizen With An Iphone?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46043668
Better moan at apple or borrow a proper phone! PMSL

[emmie]

another fine mess we have go ourselves into, mon ami

[ToraToraTora]

not we emmie, apple have failed to update their OS to use the App.

[ichkeria]

I’m no cheerleader for Appe tho I use their stuff but,
Surely the app should be updated for the OS, not vice versa.

[jno]

that did occur to me too, Ichkeria - there's not much point developing an app that will only function on a Sinclair C5.

[woofgang]

My money is on someone offering the gov.t a cheap deal to develop the app. I was involved in trying to get an NHS electronic patient record off the ground. The DOH went for the cheapest possible option that was almost obsolete when they chose it and then wondered why the project failed. The company we were dealing with was japanese and very big in the US....when we went to their website and looked what the options were we just went...ok might as well not bother then....... I am not saying that they should have gone full out on the rolls royce version but they should have been looking at suppliers of more basic systems who would have given better value for money.

[Togo]

It is not an app problem it is an apple problem.
//It is not a technical problem. Apple devices have been fitted with Near Field Communication chips, as they are known, since 2014.
But the company has mostly limited use of the chip to Apple Pay transactions, for security and commercial reasons. There was speculation on tech blogs that Apple would unlock the chip reader to third party apps when it rolled out its latest operating system, 12.1, a process currently under way.
But Apple has confirmed to the BBC that those rumours were not true and it has not been unlocked.
Sources say the firm is continuing to work with the Home Office but would not be drawn on whether a solution is likely to be found before the UK leaves the EU in March.
Home Offices sources told the BBC "we are continuing to engage with Apple at the highest level".
The Dutch government is also calling on Apple to unlock its chip reader to allow citizens to access its digital services.//


The Dutch are also having the same issues then. Do they purchase the cheapest, not for purpose tech solutions as well?

[woofgang]

no idea. I have never worked for the dutch health service