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The govt says that we don't have to worry about privacy because our data is safe with them!! :D. Also they ask for lot more permissions than location
by vijaybritto 6y ago
The govt says that we don't have to worry about privacy because our data is safe with them!! :D. Also they ask for lot more permissions than location
- searchableguy 6y agoI don't think some of that is due to malice but incompetence/disregard for privacy in the IT sweatshops that produced it.
- plinkplonk 6y ago>the IT sweatshops that produced it. "The app, conceived by NITI Aayog, has been developed in two weeks by the National Informatics Centre in collaboration with the developers of makemytrip.com and 1mg.com." [1] None of these are sweatshops. [1] https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/guest-column/story/20200427-the-lsquo-long-arm-rsquo-of-an-app-1668042-2020-04-18 https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/guest-column/story/202004...
- as1mov 6y agoI am sure an app developed in 2 weeks will be very secure. Incidentally, I've worked with a bunch of ex-MMT developers for quite sometime, I wouldn't consider most of them very competent.
- searchableguy 6y agohttps://paste.gg/p/anonymous/b7c95d3967514e78a652840b5b666d50 https://paste.gg/p/anonymous/b7c95d3967514e78a652840b5b666d5... Here are the permissions it seems to use. I am surprised it's not as draconian as some other government released apps.
- eqtn 6y agoThe app also talks to firebase database[0] for storing something [0] https://covid19-6c396.firebaseio.com https://covid19-6c396.firebaseio.com