It seems that many will follow in China's footsteps to combat the spread of COVID 19. Russia has developed and intends to launch an application to monitor diagnosed citizens. with coronavirus in an effort to monitor if they are staying at home.
According to government officials, the software 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 UK and Germany appear to be working to roll out similar ones solutions.
Το λογισμικό της Ρωσίας θα διανεμηθεί αρχικά σε πολίτες που έχουν δοκιμαστεί θετικά στον COVID 19, αλλά έχουν φύγει από το νοσοκομείο. Το BBC αναφέρει ότι η εφαρμογή θα ζητάει πρόσβαση στις κλήσεις των χρηστών, την τοποθεσία, τη φωτογραφική μηχανή, τον αποθηκευτικό χώρο, information network and other 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 app can be used to track the movements of millions of people, because it is a tool for social control," said Tom Fisher, a senior researcher at Privacy International, on the BBC.
