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<ul><li>The Indian government has laid down the protocol for data collection in the <keyword id="8995296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu">Aarogya Setu</keyword> app, after it came under fire from experts and opposition parties.</li><li>According to the protocol, any data obtained through the Aarogya Setu app shall be anonymised, and it shall be permanently deleted after 180 days of collection.</li><li>However, experts suggest that the data collected should be routinely audited, monitored and supervised by other institutions, such as the Indian Parliament.</li></ul>India’s IT Ministry has passed an order to lay down the protocol for data collection in the Aarogya Setu app. However, security experts are of the opinion that these data collection practises should be monitored by the Indian Parliament. The order was passed on Monday, stating that the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the developer of the application, shall collect only such response data which is necessary and proportionate to formulate or implement appropriate health responses. Further, such data shall be used strictly for the purpose of formulating or implementing appropriate health responses and constantly improving such responses. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75592800" title="These are the privacy issues in Aarogya Setu, India's Covid-19 tracker app, alleged by French hacker Elliot Alderson" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> However, experts think data collected using the Aarogya Setu app needs to be routinely audited, monitored and supervised by other institutions, such as the Indian Parliament. “You want this surveillance to follow civilians without being monitored by the Parliament. You are shifting surveillance from counterterrorism to civilians. This shift must be routinely monitored, audited and supervised by the other institutions in the democratic regime,” Yuval Wollman, President, CyberProof, told Business Insider. From a cyber security perspective, Wollman said, “You want to make sure that you have the right protection in your application, equitable to the data being collected.” “It opens up the doors for the attackers – from a government’s perspective, you want to make sure that the agencies are taking the right protection as well,” he further added. “This also goes against the provisions of the IT Act and the proposed Personal Data Protection Bill as the app service provider would fall under the definition of an intermediary and (is) obligated to ensure the security of the data collected and (is) liable for loss of it under the intermediary guidelines,” Salman Waris, Partner at Tech Legis Advocates and Solicitors, told <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/legal-experts-point-out-liability-concerns-with-the-aarogya-setu-app/articleshow/75561944.cms">Economic Times</a>. Government protocol says data should be permanently deleted after 180 days The ‘Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol, 2020’ states that the government should permanently delete the data after 180 days. Apart from that, the government has mandated that any response data accessed by an authorised body shall ordinarily not be shared with any third party. However, response data may be shared with such third parties only if it is strictly necessary to directly formulate or implement appropriate health responses, it added. Government mandates data anonymisation Further response data may be made available for research purposes by NIC in hard anonymised form. Hard anonymisation refers to a series of technical processes which ensure that any individual is incapable of being identified from the response data through any means reasonably likely to be used to identify such individual. This anonymisation shall be done in accordance with anonymisation protocols that are to be developed, reviewed and updated on a periodic basis by an expert committee appointed by the principal scientific advisor to the Government of India. "Such review shall have regard to the nature and sensitivity of the data being processed, the robustness of the anonymisation protocol and advances in technology. Response data which has undergone hard anonymisation, as under para 8(a), may be made available to Indian universities and research institutions / research entities registered in India," it said. Any violation of these directions may lead to penalties as per section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and other legal provisions as may be applicable, as per the protocol. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/these-are-the-privacy-issues-in-aarogya-setu-indias-covid-19-tracker-app-alleged-by-french-hacker-elliot-alderson/articleshow/75592800.cms">These are the privacy issues in Aarogya Setu, India's Covid-19 tracker app, alleged by French hacker Elliot Alderson</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/aarogya-setu-claims-its-app-is-secure-denies-privacy-breach/articleshow/75569270.cms">Aarogya Setu denies privacy breach, contradicts ethical hacker’s claims</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/covid-19-contact-tracing-app-aarogya-setu-has-alerted-1-4-lakh-users-official-govt-mulls-making-it-mandatory-for-air-passengers/articleshow/75681015.cms">COVID-19 contact tracing app Aarogya Setu has alerted 1.4 lakh users: official; govt mulls making it mandatory for air passengers</a>

Experts explain the legal and moral pitfalls in Aarogya Setu app ⁠— despite the government’s insistence that a protocol has been put in place

<ul><li>Three departments of the Indian government have been issued a show-cause notice to explain the development of India’s contact tracing app — <keyword id="8995296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu">Aarogya Setu</keyword>. </li><li>The <keyword id="6373306" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="national-informatics-centre">National Informatics Centre</keyword> (NIC), the <keyword id="3428254" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-electronics-and-information-technology">Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology</keyword> (MeitY), and the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) have been asked to appear before the bench on November 24 by the Central Information Commission (CIC).</li><li>The NIC, in particular, as the app’s developer needs to explain how Aarogya Setu was created. </li></ul> India’s contact tracing app Aarogya Setu, which boasts of over 162 million downloads, is caught in the crosshairs of controversy again — this time over its origin story. A petition was filed by Saurav Das with the Central Information Commission (CIC) when three bodies within the government refused to answer Right to Information (RTI) requests asking about the creation of Aarogya Setu. “It is surprising that the National Informatics Centre (NIC) doesn’t have any information about Aarogya Setu since it is the app’s developer,” said the petition. The CIC, India’s transparency watchdog, has now served a show-cause notice to the three bodies — NIC, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) — to explain their role in the development of Aarogya Setu within the next two months. NIC, in particular, needs to explain how the <keyword id="8995298" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu-app">Aarogya Setu app</keyword> was created. "None of the CPIOs were able to explain anything regarding who created the App, where are the files — and the same is extremely preposterous", said the CIC interim order. Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of the departments have also been asked to appear before the bench on November 24 to explain why they should not be penalised under Section 20 of the RTI Act for obstruction of information. A copy of any and all supporting documents that may be relevant to the hearing should be submitted five days prior to the hearing. The government has issued a clarification stating, "Aarogya Setu was developed in a transparent manner in collaboration with industry and academia." <div type="twitter" handle="SetuAarogya" handlename="Aarogya Setu" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1246377580594266113/wMJonS1Z_normal.jpg" favoritecount="149" retweetcount="37" status="Clarification issued on Aarogya Setu App. Aarogya Setu App is a product of Government of India built in collaborati… https://t.co/8YUSBVAnSd" createdat="1603891530000" id="1321442970424410112"></div> Other troubling signs around Aarogya Setu French security researcher Robert Baptiste, who goes by Elliot Alderson on Twitter, first claimed that the Aarogya Setu app showed <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/these-are-the-privacy-issues-in-aarogya-setu-indias-covid-19-tracker-app-alleged-by-french-hacker-elliot-alderson/articleshow/75592800.cms">security flaws</a> back in May. At the time, the government thanked him for his concern but <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/aarogya-setu-claims-its-app-is-secure-denies-privacy-breach/articleshow/75569270.cms">dismissed the accusations</a>. They asserted that tracking the location of users is a documented feature of the app, not a flaw. As the reins around the app tightened, former Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna called the government’s move to make Aarogya Setu <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/covid-19-smartphone-without-aarogya-setu-app-will-draw-punishment-for-user-in-gautam-buddh-nagar/articleshow/75540878.cms">mandatory</a> for all citizens ‘<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/experts-explain-the-legal-and-moral-pitfalls-in-aarogya-setu-app-despite-the-governments-insistence-that-a-protocol-has-been-put-in-place/articleshow/75690239.cms">utterly illegal</a>.’ Another analysis by the renowned <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/in-other-news/270520/after-mit-tech-review-downgrades-aarogya-setu-rating-source-code-for.html">MIT Technology Review</a> gave Aargoya Setu only 2 out of 5 stars in its analysis of 25 contact tracing apps around the world. It highlighted that India is the only democracy that is making such an app mandatory. The rating was later <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/in-other-news/270520/after-mit-tech-review-downgrades-aarogya-setu-rating-source-code-for.html">further chopped</a> to just one star when the researchers discovered that the app was collecting more information than it needed to function. It was only after the review that MietY <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/amid-privacy-concerns-centre-makes-aarogya-setu-app-open-source/articleshow/76011848.cms">released Aarogya Setu’s source code</a> on GitHub and initiated a ‘<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/hacking-aarogya-setu-can-win-you-1-lakh-to-3-lakh-through-the-indian-governments-bug-bounty-programme/articleshow/76030048.cms">bug bounty program</a>’ for anyone who could find an issue with the app. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/building-blocks-of-life-discovered-in-titans-atmosphere-nasa-discovers-a-weird-molecule-on-saturns-largest-moon/articleshow/78909286.cms">Building blocks of life discovered in Titan’s atmosphere — NASA discovers a ‘weird’ molecule on Saturn’s largest moon</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/ajay-piramal-believes-that-if-banks-wont-lend-to-long-term-projects-india-will-need-to-revive-the-likes-of-idbi-and-ifci/articleshow/78906135.cms">EXCLUSIVE: Ajay Piramal believes that if banks won't lend to long-term projects, India will need to revive the likes of IDBI and IFCI</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/apophis-the-god-of-chaos-asteroid-is-speeding-up-increasing-the-likelihood-of-it-hitting-earth-in-2068/articleshow/78895818.cms">Apophis, the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid is speeding up — increasing the likelihood of it hitting Earth in 2068</a>

India's contact tracing app Aarogya Setu comes under the scanner again — three departments fail to explain their role in its development

<ul><li><keyword id="8995296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu">Aarogya Setu</keyword> has claimed that the Coronavirus tracking app is secure, and no privacy breaches have been found.</li><li>Elliot Alderson, an ethical hacker had claimed that he had found a security issue in the app.</li></ul>French ethical hacker who goes by the fictitious name Elliot Alderson <a href="https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1257689150729392135">claimed</a> that there was a security issue in Aarogya Setu, the coronavirus tracking app launched by the Indian government. In his tweet, Elliot Alderson had claimed that a security issue has been found in the <keyword id="8995298" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu-app">Aarogya Setu app</keyword> and that the privacy of over 90 million Indians was at risk. Soon after this, Alderson was contacted by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). After disclosing the issue to them, Alderson <a href="https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1257709769097445388">said</a> that he would wait for the issue to be fixed before disclosing the gaps he discovered. However, the government has dismissed the claims. “No personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk by this ethical hacker. We are continuously testing and upgrading our systems. Team Aarogya Setu assures everyone that no data or security breach has been identified.” Aarogya Setu said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SetuAarogya/status/1257755315614801921/photo/1">statement</a>. Alderson has <a href="https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1257765023147085825">said</a> that he is not satisfied with Aarogya Setu’s response. Meanwhile, IT and telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/aarogya-data-safe-for-limited-period-prasad/articleshow/75564057.cms">said</a> that user data stored in Aarogya Setu for tracking the spread of COVID-19 will be deleted once the pandemic abates. Aarogya Setu claims there has been no privacy breach The first claim by Alderson was that the Aarogya Setu app is fetching the user’s location. To this, the Aarogya Setu team has responded that this is by design and has been mentioned in the app’s privacy policy. It further added that the user’s location information is stored on the server in a ‘secure, encrypted and anonymized manner’. Alderson also claimed that users can get the Covid-19 stats displayed on the home screen by using a script to change the radius and latitude-longitude. The team has claimed that the radius parameters are fixed and can take only one of the five specified values. While it is possible to change the latitude and longitude to get data for multiple locations, the Aarogya Setu team claims that it is not possible to make bulk calls to the API are not possible as it is behind a Web Application firewall. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/how-to/indian-government-launches-app-to-track-coronavirus-patients-called-aarogya-setu/articleshow/74949415.cms">How to download and use Aarogya Setu Coronavirus tracking app</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/coronavirus-east-delhi-district-admin-asks-rwas-to-encourage-people-to-download-aarogya-setu-app/articleshow/75184894.cms">Coronavirus: East Delhi district admin asks RWAs to encourage people to download 'Aarogya Setu' app</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/covid-19-smartphone-without-aarogya-setu-app-will-draw-punishment-for-user-in-gautam-buddh-nagar/articleshow/75540878.cms">COVID-19: Smartphone without 'Aarogya Setu' app will draw punishment for user in Gautam Buddh Nagar</a>

Aarogya Setu denies privacy breach, contradicts ethical hacker’s claims

<ul><li>The Indian government has announced a ₹3 lakh bounty for anyone who can find a vulnerability with its COVID-19 tracking app, <keyword id="8995296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu">Aarogya Setu</keyword>. </li><li>You can also win a reward of ₹1 lakh if you make a valid suggestion for how the app can be improved. </li><li>Aarogya Setu’s open-source code is up for analysis on GitHub for developers to grab — and it’s a way for the government to lay to rest any privacy concerns that people may have. </li></ul>There’s a ₹1 lakh reward up for grabs for anyone who can find a valid way to improve the Indian government’s COVID-19 tracking app, Aarogya Setu. Another ₹3 lakh is up for grabs if someone can point out a security vulnerability. The government wants to lay to rest any acquisitions or claims about how the data its take from users’ phone can be misappropriated. The open-source code for the contact tracing app has been released on Github and developers are being encouraged to track down any loopholes that they can find — something that many privacy activists have been advocating ever since Aarogya Setu made its way into the limelight. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="76011848" title="Amid privacy concerns, Centre makes Aarogya Setu app open source" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The ‘bug bounty’ programme is open to Indians as well as foreign nationals. However, only Indians are eligible to claim the money reward offered under the scheme. “This is a unique thing to be done. No other government product anywhere in the world has been open-sourced at this scale,” announced Amitabh Kant, chief executive of NITI Aayog. The government has also promised that any updates to the app will also be made open-source through the same repository. The question of privacy The Indian government’s COVID-19 tracking app has repeatedly been under the lens during the lockdown. With Aarogya Setu asking for permission to access users’ data, people are concerned that they may be offering up more than they had bargained for — especially since the government of India made it mandatory for everyone to have it on their phones. “You want to make sure that you have the right protection in your application and that equitable data is being collected. It opens up the doors for attackers. From a government’s perspective, you want to make sure that the agencies are taking the right protection,” Yuval Wollman, the President of Cyberproof and former Director-General of Israeli Intelligence told Business Insider. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75569270" title="Aarogya Setu denies privacy breach, contradicts ethical hacker’s claims" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> Aarogya Setu has had a tough go of it ever since Twitter’s famed Elliot Alderson — real name, Robert Baptiste — pointed out that there is a security issue with the app earlier this month. “The privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake,” he wrote. The makers of Aarogya Setu hit back saying, “No personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk by this ethical hacker. We are continuously testing and upgrading our systems.” “Developing countries, with their limited budgets and resources, need to consider the costs versus the outcomes in tracing exposed individuals in a privacy preserving way,” said <a href="https://medium.com/@rameshboston/going-open-source-for-aarogya-setu-will-help-covid19-efforts-and-drive-innovation-58f97042367c">Ramesh Raskar</a>, an MIT Media Lab professor. According to him, an app like Aarogya Setu runs the risk of exposing private data, which is especially risky considering the large data stores that a population like India has up for grabs. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/experts-explain-the-legal-and-moral-pitfalls-in-aarogya-setu-app-despite-the-governments-insistence-that-a-protocol-has-been-put-in-place/articleshow/75690239.cms">Experts explain the legal and moral pitfalls in Aarogya Setu app ⁠— despite the government’s insistence that a protocol has been put in place</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/amid-privacy-concerns-centre-makes-aarogya-setu-app-open-source/articleshow/76011848.cms">Amid privacy concerns, Centre makes Aarogya Setu app open source</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/govt-likely-to-make-aarogya-setu-app-mandatory-for-flyers-post-lockdown/articleshow/75680125.cms">Govt likely to make Aarogya Setu app mandatory for flyers post lockdown</a>

Hacking Aarogya Setu can win you ₹1 lakh to ₹3 lakh through the Indian government’s ‘bug bounty’ programme

Prashant Kumar who lives in Noida sector 143 often goes to a nearby mall-cum-office complex with his family for some quick bites or gets a bank job done. The complex does not allow anyone without checking the Covid status on Aarogya Setu app on the visitors' smartphones, along with the mandatory thermal temperature screening. <keyword id="9999872" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="whenever-kumar">Whenever Kumar</keyword> plans a visit to the complex, he updates the <keyword id="7313056" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Contact-tracing">contact tracing</keyword> app on his smartphone as well as the devices with his family members, filling the self-assessment form by just ticking all the boxes with "none of the above' symptoms. And the app declares them "safe". As cities get unlocked and people begin to visit markets, eating joints, malls and other public places, this attitude is worrisome as this does not paint the real picture, especially if someone who is an asymptomatic Covid patient visits public places even with the 'safe' app tag on. "I only update the app while visiting the complex and leave it without any use for days. It surprises me that it is so easy to just fill in wrong details and enter wherever you want with the 'you are safe' tag," Kumar told IANS. Kumar said he has even seen people who are not aware of the Aarogya Setu app, downloading it right in front of the complex, filling the self-assessment form quickly with 'None of the Above' symptoms and entering the premises, only to remove the app later. According to latest data from app intelligence company Sensor Tower, Aarogya Setu downloads have decreased significantly in the country, as much as 90 per cent less last month compared to April when it was launched with much fanfare. As Delhi Metro resumed services after more than five months due to Covid-19 restrictions, officials in some stations, including Noida Sector 16, were seen trying to block entry of people into the station for not having "Aarogya Setu" app on their mobile phones during the initial trial phase. This despite the fact that in the new travel protocol for passengers published by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on September 3, it mentioned that "the use of 'Aarogya Setu App' for updating health status by passengers will be advisable." However, as the services gathered full steam, passengers have hardly reported facing any questions about having the app on the smartphones. The decision of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) to make Aarogya Setu mandatory for metro commuters was brought to Karnataka High Court's notice this month after legal services organisation SFLC.IN's <keyword id="61253" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="advisory-board">advisory board</keyword> member Anivar A. Aravind filed a petition challenging the voluntary-mandatory nature of Aarogya Setu and invasion of privacy rights in the absence of a specific legislation governing data collected by it. Meanwhile, security guards at several outlets in shopping malls across the country are allowing entry only after visitors show they have the app downloaded on their mobile phones. A similar experience was reported by Aasheesh when he tried to visit a Lifestyle outlet at the City Centre Mall at Sector 10, Rohini in New Delhi. Visitors to government offices have also reported that they were allowed to enter the offices only after downloading the app. However, the biggest question is: Is it worthwhile to track people with Covid? "Several people in my localities have stopped using the app or removed it altogether as it at times creates panic, in case if the person was near a Covid-19 patient. The lack of proper guidance and right messaging, people have started to shun the app, including me," Nidhi Dixit from West Delhi told IANS. Aarogya Setu was developed by the <keyword id="6373306" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="national-informatics-centre">National Informatics Centre</keyword> under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) as the country's Bluetooth-based contact tracing app, with an objective of mapping of likely hotspots and dissemination of relevant information about Covid-19. The app utilises the data provided by users, to track if you may have come in close contact with a Covid-positive person via Bluetooth and location generated social graphs. It uses contact tracing to record details of all the people you may have come in contact with during normal activities. The app also consists of features such as the Self-Assessment Test, a complete list of helpline numbers across the country, and a Twitter feed that displays all the latest tweets from <keyword id="9195433" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-ministry-of-health">the Ministry of Health</keyword>. <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/ril-and-amazon-are-looking-at-indias-18-billion-online-grocery-market-to-be-their-next-battleground/articleshow/78314485.cms">RIL and Amazon are looking at India's $18 billion online grocery market to be their next battleground</a>

Aarogya Setu downloads drop 90% since April

<ul><li>The Indian government launched the <keyword id="8995296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu">Aarogya Setu</keyword> app to help users stay safe from the Coronavirus pandemic.</li><li>The app uses your location data and Bluetooth information to ascertain if you’ve been in close proximity with a Coronavirus patient.</li><li>The Aarogya Setu app is available for both Android and iOS users.</li></ul>Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech on April 14 urged the people to download the Aarogya Setu app that will help you stay safe during the Coronavirus pandemic. The app developed by the National Informatics Centre is available for both Android and iOS devices and supports 11 languages at the moment, including English and Hindi. The app’s description says that it is aimed at ‘augmenting initiatives of government’ to ‘proactively’ inform citizens about the ‘best practices and relevant advisories pertaining to the containment of COVID-19’. The app uses your location data and Bluetooth information to alert you if you have crossed paths with someone who has tested positive for Coronavirus. In addition to alerting you about this, the app will also provide you with instructions on how to self-isolate and what to do if you develop any symptoms. For this how to, we have installed the Aarogya Setu app on the OnePlus 7. <div type="Video" msid="75177387" hostid="261" title="How to download and use Aarogya Setu Coroanvirus tracking app" thumbUrl="https://denmark.timesinternet.in/cmslite/api/app/images.jpg?msid=75177387"></div> How to use the Aarogya Setu app <div type="image" title="Aarogya Setu 1" msid="74949383" hostid="261"></div> <ul><li>Download the Aarogya Setup app for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nic.goi.aarogyasetu">Android</a> and <a href="https://apps.apple.com/in/app/aarogyasetu/id1505825357">iOS</a> and provide its location and Bluetooth permission. </li><li>Select your desired language and click on ‘Next’ </li><li>Now, enter your mobile number and click on ‘Submit’. </li><li>You will get an OTP, enter the OTP to proceed. </li><li>Now, it will ask your personal details such as your gender, full name, age, profession and the countries that you have travelled to in the last 3 days.</li></ul> <div type="image" title="Aarogya Setu 2" msid="74949389" hostid="261"></div> <ul><li>Based on this information and your location data, the app will show the risk level for you.</li><li>The app also includes a self-assessment section that allows you to determine the level of risk to you by answering some questions.</li><li>It also provides you the phone numbers for Coronavirus help centers across the country.</li><li>Users can also use the app to get more information about Coronavirus, do’s and don’ts and safety measures against Coronavirus.</li></ul>See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/mba-students-built-a-game-bhag-corona-where-pm-modi-shoots-vaccines-at-coronavirus/articleshow/74943559.cms">These MBA students built a game – Bhag Corona where PM Modi shoots vaccines at coronavirus</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/how-to-avail-three-month-moratorium-for-sbi-emi-and-credit-cards/articleshow/74945199.cms">How to avail three-month moratorium for SBI EMI and credit cards</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/how-to-avail-three-month-moratorium-for-icici-bank-emi-and-credit-cards/articleshow/74941936.cms">How to avail three-month moratorium for ICICI Bank EMI and credit cards</a>

How to download and use Aarogya Setu Coronavirus tracking app

In a bid to allay the <keyword id="113022" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Privacy-concerns">privacy concerns</keyword> regarding the <keyword id="8995298" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="aarogya-setu-app">Aarogya Setu app</keyword>, the Centre on Tuesday announced it was making the <keyword id="9295766" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="mobile-application-open-source">mobile application open source</keyword>, allowing researchers, experts and developers to understand how it works and the personal data processed through it. The source code for the Android version of the application is available for review and collaboration on Github. The iOS version of the application will be released as open source within the next two weeks and the server code will be released subsequently, an official statement said. Almost 98 per cent of Aarogya Setu users are on Android platform, it added. "The key pillars of Aarogya Setu have been transparency, privacy and security and in line with India's policy on <keyword id="201540" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Open-Source-Software">Open Source Software</keyword>, the source code of Aarogya Setu has now been made open source," said <keyword id="9295765" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-electronics-it-ministry">the Electronics &amp; IT Ministry</keyword> statement. It said that opening the source code to the developer community signifies the government's continuing commitment to the principles of transparency and collaboration. "With the release of the source code in the public domain, we are looking to expanding collaboration and to leverage the expertise of top technical brains amongst the talented youth and citizens of our nation and to collectively build a robust and secure technology solution to help support the work of frontline health workers in fighting this pandemic together," the statement said. The government has also announced a bug bounty program for the app, whereby the government will pay a cash price of Rs 1 lakh to any developer who finds bugs or loopholes in the application. SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/experts-explain-the-legal-and-moral-pitfalls-in-aarogya-setu-app-despite-the-governments-insistence-that-a-protocol-has-been-put-in-place/articleshow/75690239.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink"> Experts explain the legal and moral pitfalls in Aarogya Setu app ⁠— despite the government’s insistence that a protocol has been put in place</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Police in Noida, <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>, a city outside of New Delhi, ordered all residents to download <keyword id="8995296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="aarogya-setu">Aarogya Setu</keyword>, a COVID-19 contact tracing app developed by the Indian government.</li><li>City residents found without the application face a fine of around $13 USD and up to six months in jail, <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/india-coronavirus-aarogya-setu-noida-contact-tracing">BuzzFeed News</a> reported.</li><li>Police did not say what would happen if a person did not own a smartphone, which less than half of Indian citizens do.</li><li>There have been privacy concerns over the state-created application, which requires a user to give constant access to their location.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Police in a city outside of New Delhi, India, ordered residents to download a COVID-19 <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-contact-tracing-works-to-stop-coronavirus-spread-2020-4">contact tracing</a> application to their smartphones or risk a fine or jail time for violating the city's lockdown order.According to a <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/india-coronavirus-aarogya-setu-noida-contact-tracing">BuzzFeed News</a> report, residents of Noida, India, who are found to have not downloaded the contact tracing app are subject to up to six months in jail and a fine of about $13 USD.Police told local media they will conduct random checks of residents to ensure they've downloaded the app, though as BuzzFeed <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> reported, it's not entirely clear what police would do should a person not own a smartphone capable of downloading the app, or be traveling without out their device.Approximately 400 million Indian citizens are projected to own a smartphone, according to an analysis by <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/467163/forecast-of-smartphone-users-in-india/">Statista</a> — that's a fraction of the country's <a href="https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/population/index.html">nearly 1.4 billion population</a>.The app, Aarogya Setu, was created by the Indian government and has been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/covid-19-pm-modi-urges-people-to-download-arogya-setu-app/articleshow/75068393.cms">pushed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</a> Over 90 million people have downloaded the app in the country in less than one month, according to BuzzFeed News.The app allows users to record their travel history, symptoms, and also requires constant access to Bluetooth and the device's location data. Using these factors, the app offers users designations of green, yellow, or orange "pages" to illustrate a user's risk of having COVID-19.There have been at least 52,559 cases and 1,768 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> in India, according to data from <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html">Johns Hopkins University</a>.According to the BuzzFeed report, there have been concerns over privacy due mostly do the state-created app's constant access to a user's location data. Some have even compared the city's mandate of the app to the existence of a police state. In addition to being mandated by the city of Noida, the application was mandated among all employees of the federal government, BuzzFeed reported.Pharmacies also reportedly denied services to people who did not have the application installed, BuzzFeed reported, and Zomato, the largest food and grocery delivery service in India, <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/zomato-mandates-all-delivery-partners-to-use-aarogya-setu/story-aYe4FFRbPxlCnT0xkhgN0O.html">required all of its delivery partners to install the application</a> on their phones. It requested its customers to do the same."We are aware of the alleged privacy concerns that some of us have against using the app. But even if these concerns were well-founded, it is a small cost to pay for the sake of the collective long term," the April 22 announcement from the company read.According to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/05/aarogya-setu-app-security-privacy-concerns-india-response/">Tech Crunch</a>, the Indian government has dismissed privacy concerns of the app and argued the app's constant location tracking is part of intended features — not flaws. A similar contract-tracing effort <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-google-covid-19-contact-tracing-smartphone-screenshots-2020-5">in development by Google and Apple</a> notably does not request users' location data to operate.Cities in the US are trying to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-apply-contact-tracer-and-make-57000-with-benefits-2020-4">ramp up their contract tracing efforts</a>, which US experts have argued are essential in the path toward safely reopening shuttered businesses and minimizing the risk of a future COVID-19 outbreak.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/indian-city-ordered-residents-to-download-contact-tracing-app-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

A city in India is ordering all of its residents to download the government's controversial COVID-19 contact tracing app or face jail time

(Eds: Updating with more details) Male, May 8 () A total of 698 Indian nationals stranded in the Maldives due to the COVID-19 linked international travel restrictions were evacuated on Friday from the scenic island nation on an Indian Navy warship.India's High Commissioner in the Maldives, Sunjay Sudhir expressed his deep gratitude to the Indian Navy, the Government of Maldives and its agencies for extending complete cooperation for the success of the massive evacuation of Indian nationals.An Indian Navy spokesman said there were a number of pregnant women and children among the evacuees who will travel to Kochi in Kerala.The INS Jalashwa, the Navy's amphibious warship, reached Male on Thursday to undertake the massive repatriation mission named 'Operation Samudra Setu'. Sudhir said a second Navy ship INS Magar will leave for Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on Sunday with 200 Indians. He said the exercise will be repeated next week by the Indian Navy warships. The first Naval ship from Male is expected to arrive at the Cochin Port on May 10, Port Trust officials in Kochi said.The INS Jalashwa is part of the repatriation mission launched by the Indian Navy to bring Indian citizens home from foreign shores, the Indian Navy said in a statement. Immigration procedures of the passengers were carried out in the Hulhumale' Ferry Terminal in Male City. "Fantastic job by the entire team of @VelanaAirport for the safe repatriation of Indian nationals!" the high commission tweeted. The massive evacuation exercise is testimony to Maldives-India friendship, it said in another tweet. Several Indians who are travelling by the warship lauded the evacuation plan launched by the government."It is a very great thing that the High Commission did for us and we did not have any issues till now. We got everything with proper guidelines, all the things done by the High Commission," Pradeep, who hails from Palakkad, said. He works in a resort in Male."Jamsheed from Kerala thanks Govt of India, Govt of Kerala &amp; @indiannavy for this historic Operation to repatriate #Indian nationals from the #Maldives," the High Commission of India in Maldives tweeted.The INS Jalashwa is properly equipped with relief materials, COVID-19 protection gear along with medical and administrative support staff, it noted.Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, India is conducting its biggest ever repatriation exercise named Vande Bharat Mission to bring back stranded Indians from abroad, including from the US, the UAE and the UK.The High Commission in Male on its Facebook page said, MVR 600 or an equivalent amount of USD 40 will be charged as the Evacuation Services Charge from each person listed for repatriation by INS Jalashwa."This amount would be collected at the service fee collection counter after completion of the Immigration process at the Velana International Airport. Kindly carry exact change to avoid delay/ inconvenience," the post said.Meanwhile, all arrangements as per government guidelines are in place at Cochin Port to facilitate the arrival of those who are evacuated from Maldives via the sea route, officials in Kochi said.Before arrival at Cochin, on board the vessel, the Navy will get the self e-declaration data filled by all passengers and also identify the passengers symptomatic of COVID-19.The symptomatic passengers will be disembarked first, followed by other passengers (district wise) in batches of 50 persons, the Port Trust said.Separate zone has been earmarked for the symptomatic patients.The passengers disembarked will undergo further statutory verifications for clearances inside the Samudrika Cruise Terminal where Port Health Organisation will verify the self declaration forms, the Port Trust said.All passengers on arrival in India will be medically screened and would have to download and register on the Aarogya Setu app.On Monday, the Indian government announced plans to begin a phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad from May 7.On Thursday, two special flights from the UAE carrying a total of 363 Indian nationals, including nine infants, left for Kerala as India began its biggest ever repatriation exercise to bring back its citizens stranded abroad. AMS TGB AKJ AKJ

COVID-19: 698 Indians stranded in Maldives sail back home under Operation Samudra Setu

(Eds: Updating with more inputs) Male, May 8 () A total of 698 Indian nationals stranded in the Maldives due to the COVID-19 linked international travel restrictions were evacuated on Friday from the scenic island nation on an Indian Navy warship."Op #SamudraSetu. #INSJalashwa set sail from #Male, #Maldives tonight bringing back 698 of our citizens," the spokesperson of the Indian Navy tweeted."Bon Voyage! #INSJalashwa departs from Male port for Kochi with 698 Indian nationals on board," the Indian High Commission in Maldives tweeted.India's High Commissioner in the Maldives, Sunjay Sudhir earlier expressed his deep gratitude to the Indian Navy, the Government of Maldives and its agencies for extending complete cooperation for the success of the massive evacuation of Indian nationals.An Indian Navy spokesman said there were a number of pregnant women and children among the evacuees who will travel to Kochi in Kerala.The INS Jalashwa, the Navy's amphibious warship, reached Male on Thursday to undertake the massive repatriation mission named 'Operation Samudra Setu'. Sudhir said a second Navy ship INS Magar will leave for Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on Sunday with 200 Indians. He said the exercise will be repeated next week by the Indian Navy warships. The first Naval ship from Male is expected to arrive at the Cochin Port on May 10, Port Trust officials in Kochi said.The INS Jalashwa is part of the repatriation mission launched by the Indian Navy to bring Indian citizens home from foreign shores, the Indian Navy said in a statement. Immigration procedures of the passengers were carried out in the Hulhumale' Ferry Terminal in Male City. "Fantastic job by the entire team of @VelanaAirport for the safe repatriation of Indian nationals!" the high commission tweeted. The massive evacuation exercise is testimony to Maldives-India friendship, it said in another tweet. Several Indians who are travelling by the warship lauded the evacuation plan launched by the government."It is a very great thing that the High Commission did for us and we did not have any issues till now. We got everything with proper guidelines, all the things done by the High Commission," Pradeep, who hails from Palakkad, said. He works in a resort in Male."Jamsheed from Kerala thanks Govt of India, Govt of Kerala &amp; @indiannavy for this historic Operation to repatriate #Indian nationals from the #Maldives," the High Commission of India in Maldives tweeted.The INS Jalashwa is properly equipped with relief materials, COVID-19 protection gear along with medical and administrative support staff, it noted.Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, India is conducting its biggest ever repatriation exercise named Vande Bharat Mission to bring back stranded Indians from abroad, including from the US, the UAE and the UK.The High Commission in Male on its Facebook page said, MVR 600 or an equivalent amount of USD 40 will be charged as the Evacuation Services Charge from each person listed for repatriation by INS Jalashwa."This amount would be collected at the service fee collection counter after completion of the Immigration process at the Velana International Airport. Kindly carry exact change to avoid delay/ inconvenience," the post said.Meanwhile, all arrangements as per government guidelines are in place at Cochin Port to facilitate the arrival of those who are evacuated from Maldives via the sea route, officials in Kochi said.Before arrival at Cochin, on board the vessel, the Navy will get the self e-declaration data filled by all passengers and also identify the passengers symptomatic of COVID-19.The symptomatic passengers will be disembarked first, followed by other passengers (district wise) in batches of 50 persons, the Port Trust said.Separate zone has been earmarked for the symptomatic patients.The passengers disembarked will undergo further statutory verifications for clearances inside the Samudrika Cruise Terminal where Port Health Organisation will verify the self declaration forms, the Port Trust said.All passengers on arrival in India will be medically screened and would have to download and register on the Aarogya Setu app.On Monday, the Indian government announced plans to begin a phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad from May 7.On Thursday, two special flights from the UAE carrying a total of 363 Indian nationals, including nine infants, left for Kerala as India began its biggest ever repatriation exercise to bring back its citizens stranded abroad. AMS TGB AKJ AKJ

COVID-19: 698 Indians stranded in Maldives sail back home under 'Operation Samudra Setu'

<ul><li>Koo, an Indian alternative to Twitter, is reportedly exposing personal data of users.</li><li>A French security researcher, Robert Baptiste (@fs0c131y), has posted his findings on Twitter.</li><li>Koo has found support from India’s Hindu right wing, railway minister Piyush Goyal, and PM Modi.</li><li>Baptiste has, in the past, exposed security flaws in the Aarogya Setu app.</li></ul><keyword id="9550495" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Koo-App">Koo app</keyword> is reportedly exposing personal data of users, according to a French security researcher. Koo is a desi alternative to Twitter and allows its users to post short messages just like Twitter. According to Robert Baptiste who goes by the pseudonym Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y), Koo is exposing sensitive user information like email address, date of birth, gender and marital status. Baptiste has, in the past, exposed flaws in various government apps and websites, including the government-mandated <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/these-are-the-privacy-issues-in-aarogya-setu-indias-covid-19-tracker-app-alleged-by-french-hacker-elliot-alderson/articleshow/75592800.cms">Aarogya Setu app</a>, which the Indian authorities have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/aarogya-setu-claims-its-app-is-secure-denies-privacy-breach/articleshow/75569270.cms">vehemently refuted.</a> He posted his findings on Twitter, including screenshots of the code he analyzed. <div type="twitter" handle="fs0c131y" handlename="Elliot Alderson" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/991657715192750081/tQymlTdJ_normal.jpg" favoritecount="7385" retweetcount="3592" status="You asked so I did it. I spent 30 min on this new Koo app. The app is leaking of the personal data of his users: em… https://t.co/bwYznLDlv5" createdat="1612982634000" id="1359573825579548674"></div> According to him, Koo has a domain registered in the US, but the registrant of the domain is based in China. The founders recently admitted to having a Chinese investor who, they <a href="https://twitter.com/aprameya/status/1359501894779953158">said</a>, would be bought out. We have reached out to Koo for a comment on the matter and will update the story with their statement when we receive it. Koo’s co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna took to Twitter to downplay the ‘leak’. <div type="twitter" handle="aprameya" handlename="Aprameya R" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/772832843982475265/NX-Wj-Mo_normal.jpg" favoritecount="1258" retweetcount="309" status="Some news about data leaking being spoken about unnecessarily. Please read this:The data visible is something tha… https://t.co/UgDtCnvNUH" createdat="1613026723000" id="1359758747405438977"></div> Koo is being backed by Indian ministers as an alternative to Twitter Koo has gained popularity of late after India’s ministers and pro-government activists started a #BanTwitter campaign on Twitter. They also started promoting Koo, which also saw Indian ministers like Piyush Goyal chip in with a tweet nudging his followers to join him on the app. <div type="twitter" handle="PiyushGoyal" handlename="Piyush Goyal" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1242114357682515971/x6zWYqzZ_normal.jpg" favoritecount="13495" retweetcount="3693" status="I am now on Koo. Connect with me on this Indian micro-blogging platform for real-time, exciting and exclusive upd… https://t.co/L09sLRtzDM" createdat="1612859791000" id="1359058583934013442"></div> Prime Minister Narendra Modi also promoted Koo in one of his monthly addresses to the people. The app also won the government’s Digital India AtmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge in 2020. The 10-month-old app has over <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/twitter-indian-rival-koo-has-crossed-3-million-downloads-as-ministers-and-actors-got-down-to-promoting-it-the-founders-are-ecstatic/articleshow/80788087.cms">3 million downloads</a> now, registering 10x growth since December, 2020. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/twitter-indian-rival-koo-has-crossed-3-million-downloads-as-ministers-and-actors-got-down-to-promoting-it-the-founders-are-ecstatic/articleshow/80788087.cms">Twitter’s Indian rival Koo has crossed 3 million downloads as ministers and actors got down to promoting it⁠— the founders are ecstatic</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/what-happens-if-the-government-bans-cryptocurrencies-should-i-sell-bitcoin-checkout-experts-views/articleshow/80782941.cms">“Should I sell my cryptocurrencies?” and other questions answered on India’s proposed Crypto Ban bill</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/india-is-considering-four-day-work-weeks-but-with-longer-hours/articleshow/80763247.cms">India is considering four-day work weeks but with longer shifts</a>

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