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Why are engineers and technologists running vaccination in #india @drharshvardhan @PMOIndia ? The #cowin portal leads to exclusion of those who don't have smart phones, aren't tech savvy, are women, have data packs. Don't you see ground realities before coming out with policies?
Also please refer us to the official document which is not an FAQ that mandates #cowin for vaccination
Until recently #cowin was only available in English. India isn't Bangalore.
#DelhiHighCourt to continue hearing today matters concerning #COVID19 in Delhi.
The hearing is before Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh.
Track thread for live updates.
#COVID19India
The hearing is before Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh.
Track thread for live updates.
#COVID19India
Bench assembles
Adv Dhananajay Grover mentions matter concerning #FarmersProtests : Tomorrow. May 26 will mark 6 months of farmer protests. Harvest season is over. BKU and farmer unions are coming to Delhi ...
Court: That is not an issue that we are looking
#DelhiHighCourt
Adv Dhananajay Grover mentions matter concerning #FarmersProtests : Tomorrow. May 26 will mark 6 months of farmer protests. Harvest season is over. BKU and farmer unions are coming to Delhi ...
Court: That is not an issue that we are looking
#DelhiHighCourt
Adv Grover says there is a need to look at preparedness, there could be roadblocks, oxygen supply will be disrupted
Court declines to entertain matter, says oxygen supply is going on.
#DelhiHighCourt #COVID19India #FarmersProtests
Court declines to entertain matter, says oxygen supply is going on.
#DelhiHighCourt #COVID19India #FarmersProtests
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc in India, Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has stepped up to help. The platform has teamed up with the MyGov Corona Helpdesk Chatbot to offer its services via WhatsApp chat too. #WhatsApp #COVID19
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On WhatsApp, the chatbot can help you locate the nearest COVID-19 vaccination center based on your PIN code. To use it, save the MyGov Corona Helpdesk Chatbot's phone number (+91 9013151515) to your contact list. Open WhatsApp, and send a message saying "Namaste" or "Hi."
An automated response will request your six-digit PIN code. Once entered, the chatbot displays COVID-19 vaccination centers in your area. Alternatively, you can use this link (wa.me/919013151515?t…) to directly start messaging the chatbot. #WhatsApp
#Defenders @SFLCin
“One of the most notable orders included #KarnatakaHC passing an order that no service/benefit can be denied to anyone by state instrumentalities for not installing @SetuAarogya”. Here’s @AnnoyedSingh, sharing her experience on Defending #DigitalRights in 2020.
“One of the most notable orders included #KarnatakaHC passing an order that no service/benefit can be denied to anyone by state instrumentalities for not installing @SetuAarogya”. Here’s @AnnoyedSingh, sharing her experience on Defending #DigitalRights in 2020.
SFLC.IN has been representing its advisory board member @anivar in the Karnataka HC. @anivar's PIL challenges the constitutionality of @SetuAarogya and its de-facto imposition.
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#aarogyasetu #COVID19 #COVID19India
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#aarogyasetu #COVID19 #COVID19India
The #PIL challenges the voluntary-mandatory imposition of @SetuAarogya and the invasion of privacy rights in the absence of specific legislation governing data collection and processing by it.
#ContactTracing #app #aarogyasetu
#ContactTracing #app #aarogyasetu
Our analysis reveals that the #SourceCode that has been released as the “backend code” is grossly incomplete. Though any effort at transparency needs to be lauded, much of how the @SetuAarogya operates is still opaque
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@NICMeity @GoI_MeitY
#AarogyaSetu
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@NICMeity @GoI_MeitY
#AarogyaSetu
The code released on 20th November does contain code that corresponds to the #frontend of the website web.swaraksha.gov.in/ncv19 and the code released also contains code that lets the website interact with the application through the #webview.
@SetuAarogya
#COVID19 #ContactTracing
@SetuAarogya
#COVID19 #ContactTracing
However, some of the libraries/modules that the code depends on have not been released and very little of the released code is meant to run on the #backend.
#coders #aarogyasetu #COVID19 #FOSS
#coders #aarogyasetu #COVID19 #FOSS
SCOOP | @OfficialSauravD reveals, based on RTI replies, that vital data protection safeguards that @NICMeity was supposed to ensure under the govt's own #AarogyaSetu Protocol, have not been implemented, 6 months since its release.
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@TheQuint
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These include:
1) The requirement for NIC to maintain a list of all those entities with which data has been shared (Para 6(c))
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1) The requirement for NIC to maintain a list of all those entities with which data has been shared (Para 6(c))
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2) The requirement for all those entities with whom the data was shared to have reasonable security practices and procedures in place (Para 7(a))
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#AarogyaSetu #ArogyaSetu #தள்ளாடும்_தமிழகம்
28th October 2020.
Just like nobody knows what is being done in the #PMCaresFund, nobody seems to know who made Arogya Setu App, made it compulsory and then collected the data of millions of Indians, tracking them on a daily basis.
28th October 2020.
Just like nobody knows what is being done in the #PMCaresFund, nobody seems to know who made Arogya Setu App, made it compulsory and then collected the data of millions of Indians, tracking them on a daily basis.
Responding to an RTI, all the departments that were running, advertising, handling, providing infrastructure, etc. this app have returned a 'We Don't Know' response.
Perhaps for the first time in the history of the country, nobody knows what's going on!
Perhaps for the first time in the history of the country, nobody knows what's going on!
Look at Aadhar. It was a UID Unique Identification Database which assigned a Unique number to a person who was in India on the basis of existing documents, including Ration Card, Electricity Bill, Apartment Registration details, Leave and License Agreement Details, etc.
How is there no information about creation of the app?: CIC issues show cause notice to officials for evasive reply to RTI on Aarogya Setu
@SetuAarogya @GoI_MeitY #AarogyaSetu #CIC #RTI
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@SetuAarogya @GoI_MeitY #AarogyaSetu #CIC #RTI
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"Aarogya Setu developed in a transparent manner in collaboration with industry, academia," Government clarifies (reports NDTV)
@SetuAarogya @GoI_MeitY #AarogyaSetu #CIC #RTI
@SetuAarogya @GoI_MeitY #AarogyaSetu #CIC #RTI
Central Government issues clarification, says Aarogya Setu App was built by it in collaboration with volunteers from "Industry & Academia".
#AarogyaSetu #AarogyaSetuApp #COVID19
#AarogyaSetu #AarogyaSetuApp #COVID19
Central Information Commission issues show-cause notice to Min of Elec & Infotech, NIC, asking why they don't have info about who created #AarogyaSetu & how, when it's a gov.in website. CIC called it "extremely preposterous"
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PIOs in the ministry of Elec & Infotech don't know who developed #AarogyaSetu and how. Meanwhile... Former CTO of Goibibo says he helped build the Covid tracking app.
1/n yourstory.com/2020/07/techie…
1/n yourstory.com/2020/07/techie…
Also Deep Kalra, CEO of MakeMyTrip, was "pleased to share" that the company was involved in the development of India’s contact tracing app, #AarogyaSetu during the earnings call for Q4FY20. medianama.com/2020/06/223-ma…
Still exploring how #AarogyaSetu data could be used for non-CoVid purposes
It can be used for population spread estimates, crowding in critical places n also in negative way (spying on army bases)
Ex: At 3 PM, 11964 users were in 500 m of Majestic (Bengaluru)
At 7:30 PM -11068!
It can be used for population spread estimates, crowding in critical places n also in negative way (spying on army bases)
Ex: At 3 PM, 11964 users were in 500 m of Majestic (Bengaluru)
At 7:30 PM -11068!
Negative way: If we use a simple fake GPS application, then we can get number of Aarogya Setu users in and around militarily camps in sensitive areas like Pangong Tso
(numbers and locations slightly adjusted)
(numbers and locations slightly adjusted)
When triangulated better (and if we're patient),Buildings which are giving numbers are coming out (snapshot)
Soln: We can black out info from sensitive places or we can issue orders to Army folks not to use Aarogya Setu
Similarly I was traingulating for Wagah, Galwan, Pathankot
Soln: We can black out info from sensitive places or we can issue orders to Army folks not to use Aarogya Setu
Similarly I was traingulating for Wagah, Galwan, Pathankot
#Thread: The Indian government on Aug 27 released a data management policy for National Digital Health Mission. The policy is a framework for how data with the mission, by hospitals, health companies, startups, etc, will be governed. #DigitalHealth 1/n medianama.com/2020/08/223-na…
The government has given only ONE WEEK for the public to respond to and give their inputs on the policy. It’s a blatant deadline and goes against the spirit of consultative policy making. 2/n medianama.com/2020/08/223-na…
A week is not enough for civil society to respond to concerns, or for businesses to weigh cost-benefit. In fact, it violates the govt’s own Pre-Legislative Consultative Policy, which requires a 30-day consultation period for policies released by govt ministries/departments: 3/n
Ministry of Home Affairs issues guidelines for #Unlock3
As per the Unlock 3.0 guidelines, schools, colleges, and coaching institutions to be remain closed till August 31, 2020.
#Unlock3: Restrictions on movement of individuals during night (Night Curfew) have been removed.
आज #GoM की बैठक में #COVID19 से लड़ने की तैयारियों और आगे की रणनीतियों के बारे में विस्तार से चर्चा हुई। @ICMRDELHI के DG @ProfBhargava जी ने #testing Labs के बारे में जानकारी दी।
@DDNewsHindi
@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA
@DDNewsHindi
@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA
Only 8 States (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi,Telangana, Gujarat,UP, Andhra & WBengal) are contributing 85.5% of active caseload & 87% of total deaths
15 Central Teams consisting of public health experts/epidemiologists/clinicians & a JS deployed to provide tech support
#GoM
15 Central Teams consisting of public health experts/epidemiologists/clinicians & a JS deployed to provide tech support
#GoM
A Central Team is currently visiting Gujarat,Maharashtra & Telangana to strengthen ongoing efforts wrt #Covid_19
#GoM also briefed on role of #ITIHAS & #AarogyaSetu in contact tracing & prediction of potential hotspot areas
Both are being extensively used in containment strategy
#GoM also briefed on role of #ITIHAS & #AarogyaSetu in contact tracing & prediction of potential hotspot areas
Both are being extensively used in containment strategy
A repairman came home. On a whim I asked if he had the @SetuAarogya #app. His status showed 'Mild Risk of Infection'. Would you fly, board a train, metro or enter a mall, shop with someone whose #Setu app indicates 'Risk of Infection'? (Should the #AarogyaSetuApp be mandatory?)
Frankly @PMOIndia/ @drharshvardhan need to direct officials to give details of @SetuAarogya #app: pros & cons. What does 'Moderate Risk of Infection' actually mean? Should such individuals be sent to homes to carry out repairs or stay at home till 'Green'? What about 'High Risk'?
What is the exact nature of risk posed by someone whose @SetuAarogya #app shows varying risk of infection' ? In an office, bus, metro, train, aircraft, mall or market? Govt must clarify if it wants people to take the #AarogyaSetu app seriously. Politics apart, this is safety 1st.
1/ Force people to install a mobile app doesn’t make any sense. When you publish an app, the main metric you should look at is the number of people who are using your app, not the number of downloads.
You want to create a community, a group of people who regularly use your app.
You want to create a community, a group of people who regularly use your app.
2/ If you app is good enough, people will use your app everyday. The next metric you will look at is the retention. You want the users to come back to your app everyday during a long time (forever if possible). For that, your app need to be really useful (Waze, WhatsApp, ...)
3/ If your app has some in app purchases, your “addicted users” are the target. You want them to improve their everyday experience by buying this small pack at only 4.99€.
Brother in law found #Covid_19 positive in #Gurugram after he got in contact with his colleague at #punjabnationalbank. Here's his journey of trauma of testing & isolation in Gurgaon.
Step1: called all govt. helplines, #AarogyaSetu helplines, and update record on govt. Apps
Step1: called all govt. helplines, #AarogyaSetu helplines, and update record on govt. Apps
But no communication by any govt. Department for next 2 days.
Step 2- Finally after waiting for 2 days for any communication decided to go a private hospital for testing.
#coronavirus test charges Rs. 4,900/- ( wondering how will any little income group person will get tested)
Step 2- Finally after waiting for 2 days for any communication decided to go a private hospital for testing.
#coronavirus test charges Rs. 4,900/- ( wondering how will any little income group person will get tested)
Step 3- Test result came and he was declared #Covid19 Positive. Entire family is worried.
Step 4- again updated record on #AarogyaSetuApp and called all govt. Helplines for treatment, guidance... Tada ... No response
Step 4: After over 50 calls and wait for 1 day, finally one
Step 4- again updated record on #AarogyaSetuApp and called all govt. Helplines for treatment, guidance... Tada ... No response
Step 4: After over 50 calls and wait for 1 day, finally one
1/ Go through this tweets thread👇(especially don’t miss 11/ in this thread) to understand how persons like @fs0c131y are running #propaganda against our govt apps.
It will explain how for famous govt apps claims of #hacking or security issues are made while hiding the #reality
It will explain how for famous govt apps claims of #hacking or security issues are made while hiding the #reality
2/ First thing is you have to look like a pro hacker like those you see in movies or web series
—> yes you thought it right! You can even use name of a famous fictional character from web series or movies say #ElliotAlderson in #MrRobot web series. How cool that is! Isn’t it?🤔
—> yes you thought it right! You can even use name of a famous fictional character from web series or movies say #ElliotAlderson in #MrRobot web series. How cool that is! Isn’t it?🤔
3/ To look more cool 😎 hacker
—> You need some fancy terminal and fancy font. Powerline font and Oh-my-zsh with the Agnoster theme would be cool.
—> use curl for making requests to app server (you can even avoid posting the response in case you did not get desired response 😂)
—> You need some fancy terminal and fancy font. Powerline font and Oh-my-zsh with the Agnoster theme would be cool.
—> use curl for making requests to app server (you can even avoid posting the response in case you did not get desired response 😂)
Should we release publicly a mod of #AarogyaSetu?
It's clearly a complicated question and not a definitive yes on my side. This is why I created this poll
Ethically, this question is extremely interesting
Justice Gopinath P of Kerala HC to begin hearing of another plea challenging the mandatory imposition of #AarogyaSetu app.
Petitioner counsel informs that he has appraised the Division Bench hearing two PILs on the issue that this plea has been listed before the single judge. The DB had adjourned the matter to May 18 after asking the Govt to file a statement on privacy concerns raised.
Adv Santhosh Mathew appearing for petitioners submits that there is a mandatory requirement for all employees to download the app. If there is any failure of the same, the employer will be prosecuted.
@SetuAarogya
#AarogyaSetuApp #KeralaHighCourt
@SetuAarogya
#AarogyaSetuApp #KeralaHighCourt
INS Magar has left from Maldives with around 200 Indians yesterday; #INSJalashwa has reached Kochi with 698 passengers: @HMOIndia
#IndiaFightsCorona
#IndiaFightsCorona
@HMOIndia Til 10 May, ~ 4,000 Indians stranded abroad have reached India via 23 #VandeBharatMission flights: @HMOIndia
#IndiaFightsCorona
#IndiaFightsCorona
LIVE at 4:00 PM: Media briefing on current #COVID19 situation in the country
📍: National Media Centre
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus
Watch here 👇
📍: National Media Centre
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus
Watch here 👇
#INSMagar has left from Maldives with around 200 Indians yesterday; #INSJalashwa has reached Kochi with 698 passengers - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona
Til 10 May, ~ 4,000 Indians stranded abroad have reached India via 23 #VandeBharatMission flights - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona
A mobile application that send your GPS coordinates regurlaly to a server owned by a government is a surveillance system.
#AarogyaSetu is a surveillance system
#AarogyaSetu is a surveillance system
Do you have to worry?
When a government is forcing people to install an app, it's probably the good moment to be worry
When a government is forcing people to install an app, it's probably the good moment to be worry
"It's not an issue, it's a feature of the app" 🤪
Yes, by design, #AarogyaSetu is a surveillance system. They don't care about the user privacy. But, in theory, give the ability to know if your neighboor is sick is not a feature of the app.
Yes, by design, #AarogyaSetu is a surveillance system. They don't care about the user privacy. But, in theory, give the ability to know if your neighboor is sick is not a feature of the app.
My notice to @NICMeity for compliance of legal provisions in #PrivacyPolicy of @SetuAarogya . #NIC as #bodycorporate must ensure #dataprotection & strict liability. #datasecurity as per IT Act & Rules must be updated in Policy before making #AarogyaSetu mandatory 1/10 @viraggupta
In #PrivacyPolicy of @SetuAarogya as per cl. 2(a) & 2(c usage of data restricted for Government of India. However, cl 2(b) & 2(d), having no mention of GOI. Due to this lapse, if #data goes to foreign #TechGiants, it may create big risk to #nationalsecurity #RighttoLife 2/10
As per clause 3(b) of the Privacy Policy, data will be retained on #mobile device. Hence, data can also be accessed by Mobile cos. As per cl. 1(b), the @SetuAarogya will use #Bluetooth and #location data. So, such data can also be accessed by #Telecom companies. 3/10 @TRAI
Mega thread on #AarogyaSetu 👇
1/n The Indian government has made Aarogya Setu contact tracing app mandatory for all employees (public & private) +for people living in Containment Zones. Failure to download it might violate MHA guidelines
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1/n The Indian government has made Aarogya Setu contact tracing app mandatory for all employees (public & private) +for people living in Containment Zones. Failure to download it might violate MHA guidelines
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2/n Even if you aren't in a situation where #AarogyaSetu is mandatory, govt has authorised state govts/local authorities to make guidelines more restrictive. CISF is already mulling making the app mandatory for passengers at airports and metro stations.
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3/n Even before the government mandated the use of #AarogyaSetu, Prasar Bharti, Central Armed Police Forces, Zomato and Urban Company directed employees/contract workers to download the app.
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