Aaroyga Setu app to become open source, says govt after privacy controversy
The computing code of Aaroyga Setu, India’s coronavirus-tracing
app, will be opened up for independent developers to check and make
suggestions, said the government on Tuesday after privacy activists flagged
their worries about its safety and use.
The
app's Android version will be made open source first and other makes later,
said the government. “This is a unique thing to be done. No other government
product anywhere in the world has been open sourced at this scale. Today its
scale and size is 115 million. It cuts across phones, IVRS. Only product
available in 12 languages. All Covid-19 related apps put together, Aarogya Setu
is bigger than all of them," Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer of Niti
Aayog, was quoted as saying in a LiveMint report.
The
government has pushed the Aaroyga Setu aggressively, advising people to install
it as they travel or work in offices. The app give users colour-coded
designations based on their health status and travel history.
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