Government opens up source code of Aarogya Setu app

The government has made the code of Aarogya Setu Covid app open source, in a bid to allay fears around privacy of citizens. Making the code open source means that anyone like a developer can inspect the source code and flag off any potential security risks.

Earlier, the access of developers to the source code was limited as it was not open leading to concerns around privacy and accountability of the government. As the app was developed as a public-private partnership, it was demanded that the source code should be open source allowing everyone to inspect it and flag off any possible issues.