May 6, 2020 2:47 PM

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Govt says no data or security breach identified in Aarogya Setu

<span style="color: #222222;">The government has said that no data or security breach has been identified in Aarogya Setu. The clarification of the government came after an ethical hacker raised concerns about a potential security issue in the app. The app is the government's mobile application for contact tracing and disseminating medical advisories to users in order to contain the spread of COVID-19. Dismissing the claims, the government said , no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk by this ethical hacker.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The government said, it is continuously testing and upgrading ousystems. Team Aarogya Setu  has also assured everyone that no data or security breach has been identified. The App fetches users' location and stores on the server in a secure, encrypted, anonymised manner – at the time of registration, at the time of self assessment, when users submit their contact tracing data voluntary through the app.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On another issue that users can get COVID-19 stats displayed on the home screen by changing the radius and latitude-longitude using a , the government said that all this information is already public for all locations and does not compromise on any personal or sensitive data.</span><br />''  <br />

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