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Nov 24, 2020 03:49 PM IST A good way to identify true back-end code experts say is that it will allow one to run their own versions of the app in question. What is given now they say is snippets of the open-sourced front-end.
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Nov 20, 2020 09:46 PM IST "With regard to Aarogya Setu App, it has been the endeavour of the government to share all information relating to it," a statement said.
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Oct 30, 2020 11:17 AM IST The National Informatics Centre (NIC) earlier said it had no information about the creators of the Aarogya Setu app.
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Oct 29, 2020 10:51 AM IST When the Central Information Commission (CIC) asked The National Informatics Centre (NIC) for some specific details on the Aarogya Setu app, it said that it had no information about who created the Aarogya Setu app.
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Oct 28, 2020 07:41 PM IST The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology also shared a GitHub link to the contributor page of the Aarogya Setu app code, saying the developers of the Aarogya Setu app have been repeatedly shared in the public domain
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Oct 28, 2020 03:16 PM IST The Central Information Commission has asked the NIC and the CPIO to explain why it does not have any information about the creation of the Aarogya Setu app when the website was created with a gov.in domain name
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Oct 13, 2020 07:02 PM IST India's COVID-19 tracing app was launched by PM Modi on April 3. It was developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
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Sep 21, 2020 08:37 PM IST Replying to a specific question on low rating reportedly given by an organisation to the app, Dhotre said the rating was by an independent media company MIT Technology Review, and not the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Aug 22, 2020 06:23 PM IST The Open API Service will allow organisations to check the status of the Aarogya Setu and integrate it into its various work from home features
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Jul 07, 2020 09:01 AM IST While the app lets you delete your Aarogya Setu account, it is important to note that the data will be deleted from the government servers only after 30 days.
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Jun 29, 2020 10:04 AM IST Upon its release last month, as many as 23 countries had shown interest in using the Exposure Notification API for developing COVID-19 contact-tracing apps.
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Jun 24, 2020 07:10 PM IST As per the orders issued by the Directorate General of Health Services in Delhi on Monday, all the chief district medical officers and surveillance officers of all the districts have received a revised response plan which prescribes use of Aarogya Setu coupled with ITIHAS system for cluster projection.
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Jun 10, 2020 10:45 PM IST His remarks come days after it emerged that a meeting of the parliamentary panel on Information Technology, headed by Tharoor, was scheduled for June 17 during which officials of the information and technology ministry were to be called for a briefing on the government's coronavirus-tracking Aarogya Setu application and related issues of data security and privacy of citizens.
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Jun 09, 2020 11:02 AM IST The basic agenda of contact tracing is to ensure that the virus does not spread any further, therefore helping break the chain of transmission.
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Jun 08, 2020 11:08 AM IST COVID-19 offers a silver lining for eHealth platforms — to embrace change, join forces, and to innovate, creating real value in the healthcare ecosystem
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May 31, 2020 03:20 PM IST Here are the biggest developments from the world of tech from the week ending May 30.
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May 29, 2020 12:50 PM IST The company had received a warning from Google a week ago for promoting the Aarogya Setu app, after which it said the warning was a mistake.
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May 27, 2020 06:46 PM IST Security researchers or developers who identify vulnerabilities or loopholes in the Aarogya Setu app and bring it to the notice of the government can now win a reward of up to Rs 3 lakh.
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May 27, 2020 05:48 PM IST In this edition of Big Story, Moneycontrol's Sakshi Batra shares more details and explains what open-sourcing means for Aarogya Setu.
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May 27, 2020 07:28 AM IST NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant asserted that no other government in the world has been open source at this scale.
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May 26, 2020 08:15 PM IST 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.
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May 21, 2020 03:32 PM IST Aarogya Setu, despite several concerns and controversies over security issues, has been downloaded by over 10.5 crore users in India.
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May 16, 2020 08:27 PM IST The commuters will also have to follow social distancing norms and sanitise their hands at the stations and on board the trains, officials said, adding that entry into the stations shall be restricted in case of overcrowding.
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May 16, 2020 07:35 PM IST Cyber agency said attackers are also impersonating tools linked to the World Health Organisation and popular video-conferencing platforms like Zoom to steal sensitive data.
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May 15, 2020 09:33 PM IST The app is people dependent, which means it needs widespread usage and regular self-reporting to be effective. Given the fact that there are bound to be variations in the levels of self-reporting, the efficacy of the app is apparently not foolproof.