India Coronavirus Dispatch: ‘New app must avoid Aarogya Setu mistakes’

India’s new app for Covid vaccine rollout must learn from Aarogya Setu’s legacy of privacy issues

Aarogya Setu, India’s contact tracing app, was heavily criticized for its glaring privacy loopholes in its initial versions. India now has another app to manage Covid-19. The government must ensure the same mistakes are not repeated, says the writer of the article.

Co-Win is a mobile application and website developed by the Indian government to manage the upcoming vaccination drive in the country. The app will allow users to register for immunisation, pick time slots, and get a QR code-based certificate after receiving the jab. A QR code is a machine-readable label that has some information about the item it is attached to.