Aarogya Setu

[Nishant]

Mumbai: Glitch in Aarogya Setu app brings Ghatkopar man's life to halt

Ghatkopar interior designer unable to move even for essential work as app wrongly shows him COVID positive; centre, state officials blame each other

www.mid-day.com

 

[Sushubh]

J-K Admin shared citizens data from Aarogya Setu app with police

J-K Admin shared citizens data from Aarogya Setu app with police, an Right to information act copy has revealed

thekashmirwalla.com

 

[Sushubh]

Sustained, strategic litigation helps advance transparency in digital policymaking #SaveOurPrivacy

Updates from the High Court of Delhi on the writ petition of Saurav Das who is challenging the Central Information Commission's order denying him information on Aarogya Setu.

internetfreedom.in

 

[Sushubh]

[BREAKING] Delhi Court grants bail to Umar Khalid in Delhi Riots case, directs him to install Aarogya Setu app upon release

A Delhi Court today granted bail to Umar Khalid in a Delhi Riots case arising out of the FIR registered at PS Khajuri Khas (State v. Umar Khalid). "The investig

www.barandbench.com

Yup. This app definitely respects your privacy.

 

[SVK]

Aarogya Setu app will display your vaccination status now

Aarogya Setu app: A blue tick will appear against the names of people once they take one dose of the vaccine

www.livemint.com

It never displayed that I was positive, nor it displayed how many positive people were around me when I was admitted in hospital. I had Bluetooth turned ON occasionally.

 

[Sushubh]

of course. they are not going to accept paper certificate i guess eventually.
this is an easy way to get people to keep an tracking app on their phones, who travel by air. maybe even rail and metro too eventually.

 

[SVK]

So we will have to carry Aarogya Setu app forever in our phones for proof of Vaccination status!?
I was thinking to uninstall it

 

[Tejas01]

The only reason I have it is to search for vaccine slots. Since there are no vaccines, don't know should I keep it or remove it.

 

[Sushubh]

remains to be seen. paper certificate is easy to fake in the end. but then it is technically possible to make a fake app if not just a fake screenshot of the app for the phone.

 

[Navjot Singh]

People have been using screenshots to get into places where the app is required. I don't see why it not possible go do with the vaccination status. Probably a lot easier than faking a paper certificate.