As it seems there will be many who will follow the path set by China to combat the spread of COVID 19. The Russia has developed and plans to release an app to track citizens who have been diagnosed with coronavirus in an effort to monitor if they are staying at home.
According to government officials, the software is expected to be released today Thursday, as he says the BBC. The move coincides with a wider initiative among European health institutions to create a network of monitoring apps that communicate with each other. The United Kingdom and Germany it looks like they are working to make similar solutions available.
Russia's software will initially be distributed to citizens who have tested positive for COVID 19 but have left the hospital. The BBC reports that the app will request access to users' calls, location, camera, storage, information δικτύου και άλλα data. It will be available for Android as well as iOS devices.
In February, China released a similar app that allowed authorities to track contacts with people infected with the coronavirus. Later reports indicate that the app shared user data with the police
Of course security experts have expressed their concerns, as Russia and any Russia could abuse the application to spy on millions of citizens.
"We are concerned that this application could be used to track the movements of millions of people, because it is a tool for social control," Tom Fisher, senior researcher at Privacy International, told the BBC.
