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Merdeka.com – The Indian government requires its citizens to install the Covid-19 tracking app. Its objective is to reduce the spread of the epidemic.
Reported EngadgetOn Tuesday (5/5), he reported that the Indian Home Office forced public and private workers to use the app. The application was called Aarogya Setu. This application is mandatory for use on May 4, 2020.
Ministry officials said that company and government leaders would be responsible for enforcing these regulations and that there would be penalties for those who failed to comply with these obligations.
The tracking app has been downloaded 80 million times and its main goal is to reach all smartphone users in the country to reduce the spread of Covid-19.
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Similar applications are criticized in Europe
The European Commission emphasizes that applications used to inhibit the spread of Covid-19 should not collect user locations.
This appeal comes after the presence of various applications to overcome Covid-19, including the plan by Apple and Google to create contact tracking technology, the goal of which is to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Reporting from ReutersOn Saturday (4/18), the European Union executive recommendation was part of a European approach related to the use of technology to combat Covid-19.
This step also came after several EU countries launched various apps, drawing criticism from data privacy activists.
To date, there have been 28 countries worldwide that have launched contact tracking applications, including 11 in Europe, and 11 other countries are developing applications based on GPS or Bluetooth data.
Source: Liputan6.com
Reporter: Mochmad Wahyu Hidayat
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