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Not willing to let Google, Apple set terms, France building own government-monitored COVID app

Not willing to let Google, Apple set terms, France building own...

France, Britain, Norway say government needs access data to combat virus whereas the tech firms say they are adhering to...

20 May 2020 4:21 PM IST

Guntur Rural SP Ch. Vijaya Rao, along with other officials, inspects a red zone at Varavakatta area in Narasaraopet town of Guntur district. Tejo Roy Eleti

Public reluctance makes collecting covid data a difficult task

Some patients, including an RMP doctor, Asha worker, village volunteer, had contacted between 100 to 300 people before...

1 May 2020 4:45 PM IST

The app was suspended ahead of an Amnesty International report analyzing contact tracing apps from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which found that the Norwegian app was one of the most alarming for privacy because of its live or near-live tracking of users locations. The rights group said it shared its findings with authorities earlier this month and urged them to change course.

Privacy violation not justified anymore as case count drops, Norways...

Norway currently has between 50 and 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

15 Jun 2020 9:57 PM IST

The law also grant the prime minister authority to give Shin Bet additional powers if required, sparking concerns about undue surveillance. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Setting a controversial example, Israeli Parliament permits phone...

The law grants internal security agency Shin Bet permission to track cell phones for a three-week period on a...

2 July 2020 7:39 PM IST

Health officials initially targeted a 60% adoption rate for tracing apps, an optimistic goal based on an Oxford University study from April although researchers noted a lower uptake still helps if other measures, such as social distancing, are enforced. (Photo | AFP)

It's not even privacy that's the issue, yet Europe is cold to Covid...

A few countries have scrapped their tracing apps and others have found so few users that the technology is not very...

22 Sept 2020 5:32 PM IST

States in the US must choose whether they want to enable the Apple-Google system. If they do, iPhone users in those states will automatically be able to opt into the system without having to download an app. Theyll be prompted with a notification asking if they consent to running the system on their phones. For people with Android phones, Google will automatically generate an Android app for public health agencies that phone users can then download. (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

No app, no problem: US users can enable Apple-Google virus tracing...

The second phase of their exposure notification system automatically alerts people if they might have been exposed to...

2 Sept 2020 4:03 PM IST

Most MPs are in lockdown, though about 75 of them are expected to appear in person for the debates beginning next Tuesday. In this photograph, people wearing face masks stand on the empty Trocadero esplanade in Paris, on April 20, 2020, on the 35th day of a lockdown. (Photo | AFP)

Amid data privacy concerns, French lawmakers to vote on continued use...

Now that the government is preparing to life the coronavirus lockdown, lawmakers will vote on allowing the app to...

21 April 2020 7:04 PM IST

The Aarogya Setu app alerts people if any person in their vicinity has tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo | AFP)

India's Aarogya Setu reaches 5 crore downloads in record 13 days, says...

The more people install the coronavirus tracing app on their phones, the more effective it becomes

15 April 2020 9:03 PM IST

A description of the app says that personal information of users would be stored locally in the users device.

Aarogya Setu app downloaded on 1 crore phones, but does it serve the...

There is little clarity on who can access app data, and if it will be shared with state governments at the frontline of...

7 April 2020 1:00 PM IST

A man waves from inside a bus after he is discharged from a makeshift coronavirus quarantine facility set up at a hotel requisitioned for the purpose by the authorities in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Hundreds of local residents who were on their return from outside Kashmir were quarantined in such facilities. The authorities say that most of the 49 persons tested positive a have history of travel to various parts of India and abroad. (DC Photo: H U Naqash)

J&K takes up 'robust' contact tracing in Valley

About 2000 contacts of Covid-19 positive persons have been identified

2 April 2020 8:23 AM IST