Aarogya Setu app responds to hacker Elliot Alderson's privacy concerns; says no data at risk
Coronavirus contact tracing app Aarogya Setu app has been pulled into a discussion on privacy flaws. Ethical hacker Elliot Alderson says that the app has put data of 90 million Indians at risk
- May 6, 2020,
- Updated May 13, 2020 5:29 AM IST
Contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu on Wednesday responded to ethical hacker Elliot Alderson's concerns over data leak. It said that no personal data of any user is at risk and said that they discussed the concerns with the hacker.
It all started with Elliot Alderson tweeting that security flaws have been found in the COVID-19 contact tracing app. "The privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake. Can you contact me in private?," it tweeted to Aarogya Setu app. It also said that Rahul Gandhi was right about privacy concerns.
Alderson said that 49 minutes after the tweet, Computer Emergency Response Team, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and NIC contacted him to discuss the privacy flaws.
Aarogya Setu app soon took to social media to respond to Elliot Alderson's alerts. It said that the app pulls up a user's location by design and it is not a flaw. It said that the user's location is stored on the server in a secure, encrypted and anonymised manner.
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Contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu on Wednesday responded to ethical hacker Elliot Alderson's concerns over data leak. It said that no personal data of any user is at risk and said that they discussed the concerns with the hacker.
It all started with Elliot Alderson tweeting that security flaws have been found in the COVID-19 contact tracing app. "The privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake. Can you contact me in private?," it tweeted to Aarogya Setu app. It also said that Rahul Gandhi was right about privacy concerns.
Alderson said that 49 minutes after the tweet, Computer Emergency Response Team, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and NIC contacted him to discuss the privacy flaws.
Aarogya Setu app soon took to social media to respond to Elliot Alderson's alerts. It said that the app pulls up a user's location by design and it is not a flaw. It said that the user's location is stored on the server in a secure, encrypted and anonymised manner.
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