Government makes Aarogya Setu Android app open-source, looks to allay privacy concerns

The source code for the back-end infrastructure will be made open source sometime next week, which will allow cybersecurity researchers to audit the code and evaluate the privacy and security of the app. Additionally, the iOS and KaiOS versions will also be made open-source soon. The move makes sense considering 98-percent of Aarogya Setu users have downloaded the Android version of the app.

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Since its launch on April 2, Aarogya Setu has already garnered 115 million users, making it the fastest-growing coronavirus contact tracing app in the world. It was also the fastest app to hit 50 million downloads, hitting the milestone in just 13 days.

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So far, over 8 lakh people have Aarogya Setu's self-assessment test. Kant also added that the app had alerted over 1,40,000 users of the potential risk of infection. He said, "The app identified more than 3,000 hotspots in 3-17 days ahead of time." According to the government, a total of 60,490 patients have recovered from COVID-19 in the country.

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