The contact tracing app which was made to check the presence of coronavirus in people will soon be pre-installed on your smartphones by default. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has requested all the users to download the Aarogya Setu app in all speeches he gave recently so that people can be aware of the danger and it will help to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
Aarogya Setu App Will Come Pre-Installed In Smartphones
According to a report which was published in the Mint, the app will now be already installed on all the phones soon. A source from a smartphone phone company and MAIT has confirmed the news. Soon when the spread of the coronavirus began, the government urged the public to install the app in our phones, but now it will be pre-installed and the smartphone makers have started working on the procedure.
Just a day ago, the government requested all the government employees to install the app and should only show up to the office if the status in the app shows “ safe”.
”Before starting for office, they must review their status on ‘Aarogya Setu’ and commute only when the app shows ‘safe’ or ‘low risk’ status,” the order issued by Ministry read.The report further said that the central government employees should stay at home if their status on app says “high risk” or “moderate”.
The Aarogya Setu App has become the most downloaded app in India since the coronavirus cases began. It has over 75 million downloads but it still wasn’t mandatory to download it. But once the lockdown is over the government will make it mandatory for everyone to download it. There were reports saying that the app will be used by CISF a nd in Delhi Metro once the lockdown in over. Also, Zomato and Urban company made it mandatory for all the executives to download the app.
The pre-installation of this app is definitely a good approach as it will help people to stay cautious and safe. So if you haven’t already downloaded the app do it asap because you will certainly need it once the lockdown is lifted.
Apparently, India isn’t the only country who is depending on contact-tracing apps for its citizens. Singapore in another country who first developed the app and South Korea followed it and contained the spread of coronavirus.
Despite being a success, the app revealed users data which included the location data, to YouTube. The bug came into light when the NewYork Times wrote about the situation. The bug is now been fixed. A statement by Aarogya Setu claims that, “Recently, Team Aarogya Setu was made aware that if a user performed a very specific set of actions, YouTube could access the anonymized latitude and longitude of the user.”
