coronavirus app
After a long wait, Google and Apple release their joint COVID app technology
It uses Bluetooth technology to detect when someone who downloaded the app has spent time near another app user who later tests positive.
Not willing to let Google, Apple set terms, France building own government-monitored COVID app
France, Britain, Norway say government needs access data to combat virus whereas the tech firms say they are adhering to data privacy norms.
IVRS facility launched to bring those without smartphones under Aarogya Setu network
The Interactive Voice Response System will collect health data from landline and feature phone users and issue alerts from time to time.
Location tracking not allowed on apps using Google, Apple APIs but indie app Aarogya Setu does
Aarogya Setu, which runs on its own Application Program Interface or API, is not bound by international privacy protection norms
Germany backs Google and Apple's covid app, after privacy concerns raised over alternative app
Backing for a pan-European app that was to keep data on a central server was stopped over criticism from a nation haunted by Nazi-era spying
28 covid apps used by Centre, States not open source, cannot be checked for vulnerabilities
Privacy concerns abound as independent developers cannot study the code
Amid data privacy concerns, French lawmakers to vote on continued use of covid-tracking app
Now that the government is preparing to life the coronavirus lockdown, lawmakers will vote on allowing the app to continue tracking citizens
Use Assess Koro Na app for door-to-door survey in containment zones, Delhi district magistrates told
With this app, the data collected can be uploaded on the servers in real-time and analysed immediately.
Should you download Aarogya Setu?
Yes. Its updated privacy policy is a marked improvement on the previous one. But the app needs an end date so it does not set a new normal.
India's Aarogya Setu reaches 5 crore downloads in record 13 days, says Niti Aayog CEO
The more people install the coronavirus tracing app on their phones, the more effective it becomes