'Irresponsible' fake Track and Trace app that allows users to give false details at pubs and restaurants is slammed by health chiefs
A fake Track and Trace app which allows users to pretend to scan their details in at restaurants and bars has been slammed by health chiefs as 'irresponsible and pointless'. The Covid1984 app mimics the real Track and Trace app, meaning its users can show hospitality staff they have entered their details into the NHS's coronavirus tracking system, when in reality they have not. It means staff at pubs, bars and restaurants, as well as their customers, could be left in the dark about a visit from an app user with Covid-19. The app, which is found through a web-link and compatible with Android and Apple devices and is being widely shared among Covid conspiracy theorists and those who oppose vaccinations, has already been downloaded hundreds of times, according to VICE. But health chiefs branded it an 'irresponsible and pointless attempt to subvert a public health tool'. In a statement, the Department for Health and Social Care told MailOnline: 'The NHS Track and T