Show threadSrikanth ஸ்‌ரீகாந்த்Oct 1, 2021

Again - We are already in this age - Most #DigitalIndia apps won't run on rooted devices, are not designed to be privacy friendly, extract the last bit out of the data.

Then ofcourse, you are forced to install #AarogyaSetuApp even just to live and move around

Software Freedom Law CenterNov 2, 2020

"The #govt is vigorously pushing the adoption of the app through ... various coercive means, it needs to be very transparent about the whole process related to #datacollection and processing," @SFLCin @PrasanthTweets on #India's #AarogyaSetuApp issues.

https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/aarogya-setu-app-govt-evasive-answers-accountability-data-safety/story/420214.html

Aarogya Setu App: Govt's evasive answers raise questions over data safety

While CPIOs of Meity, NIC, NEGD are unaware of the origin of Aarogya Setu App, the ministry says it's a PPP project. But, the bigger question is -- who runs the show?

Ashlin MathewOct 31, 2020
Answer to the #AarogyaSetuApp from WA
Anivar AravindOct 30, 2020

As expected. Centre is delaying its response filing in Karnataka HC petition as well.
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RT @OfficialSauravD
Breaking story.

RTI responses by NIC reveal there is no list of data recipients, no audit and no anonymisation of data taking place. #AarogyaSetuApp protocol ignored by its own makers- the Govt of India. A huge privacy risk!

My Exclusive for @TheQuint. Shoutout to @VakashaS ! https://twitter.com/thequint/status/1322004011…
https://twitter.com/OfficialSauravD/status/1322012706853908480

Show threadVakashaSOct 30, 2020

Experts such as @[email protected] , @[email protected] , @[email protected] and @[email protected] have weighed in to explain the risks of failing to implement these safeguards. Do have a look to understand why this attitude risks the personal data of the 160 million + users of #AarogyaSetuApp

6/n

VakashaSOct 30, 2020
Big scoop on #AarogyaSetuApp coming up @[email protected] at 8 AM. Important revelations by @[email protected] , in yet another example of the importance of RTI.
VakashaSOct 28, 2020

Nobody in @[email protected] & IT Ministry has any clue about the origins of #AarogyaSetuApp , how it was proposed, who worked on it, anything.

Now do people understand why there is so much criticism & so little trust for policies like this?

Details @[email protected] :
https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/it-ministry-no-information-creation-of-aarogya-setu-app-cic-slams-nic-asks-for-details

‘Preposterous’: IT Ministry Has No Info on Aarogya Setu Creation

The CIC has criticised MeitY for its lack of information on the app’s origins, and its evasive RTI replies.

Anivar AravindOct 28, 2020
So now I have an answer to this issue raised in last May https://github.com/nic-delhi/AarogyaSetu_Android/issues/8
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RT @digitaldutta
All those claims of anonymization of #AarogyaSetuApp data before they are being shared are bullshit. There is no law/rules for the app, @Vidhi_India made a protocol that never got implemented.
https://twitter.com/digitaldutta/status/1321421885637193730
Compatibility with Aarogya Setu Data access and Knowledge sharing protocol by Meity · Issue #8 · nic-delhi/AarogyaSetu_Android

Does this app comply with Meity released protocol? https://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Aarogya_Setu_data_access_knowledge_Protocol.pdf If yes from which versions?

Mitali SaranOct 28, 2020
But it was so vital to the fight against #covid that they wanted every single Indian to download it. What's the story that the ministry et al are sidestepping? #AarogyaSetuApp https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/breaking-ministry-of-electronic-nic-and-negd-have-no-information-about-who-and-how-created-arogya-sethu-app-cic-summons-cpios-165086
[Breaking] Ministry Of Electronic, NIC And NeGD Have No Information About Who And How Created Arogya Sethu App: CIC Summons CPIOs

The Central Information Commission on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to the CPIOs, Minis

Software Freedom Law CenterAug 26, 2020

#India's #COVIDー19 apps, including #AarogyaSetuApp continue to raise #privacy fears as it became the 3rd worst affected country globally, after #USA & #Brazil #data #mydata #dataprivacy #cyberprotection #COVID @Reuters @ReutersIndia @AnuraNagaraj @SFLCin

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-tech-feature/black-holes-indias-coronavirus-apps-raise-privacy-fears-idUSKBN25M1KE

'Black holes': India's coronavirus apps raise privacy fears

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Harinder Kaur was not surprised when people slammed their doors in her face as she walked into neighbourhoods in the northern state of Punjab armed with a smartphone and a long list of health and travel-related questions.