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Coronavirus diagnostic application launched in Iran. It monitors users
They are trying to track the coronovirus in Iran using a special application. But Internet activists found that it does not help diagnose the disease, but monitors users.
Since early March, the Ministry of Health of Iran began sending out messages that suggested installing the AC19 application. According to the authorities, it helps to determine whether users or their relatives have a coronavirus, informs VICE.
The appendix offers a series of questions that Iraqis must answer before contacting medical facilities.
Later, Internet activists found that the application does not help diagnose the disease. It collects a huge amount of personal data of users: their names, addresses, dates of birth, location in real time.
It is noted that the exact number of people who have used this application has not been established. But as of March 11, Iran’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Mohammad Jawad Azari Jahromi, has posted a map on Twitter, where dots indicate the location of about 3 million users of the application.
Previously, the OXO reported a Google application that shows a hidden Instagram user activity.
Since early March, the Ministry of Health of Iran began sending out messages that suggested installing the AC19 application. According to the authorities, it helps to determine whether users or their relatives have a coronavirus, informs VICE.
The appendix offers a series of questions that Iraqis must answer before contacting medical facilities.
Later, Internet activists found that the application does not help diagnose the disease. It collects a huge amount of personal data of users: their names, addresses, dates of birth, location in real time.
It is noted that the exact number of people who have used this application has not been established. But as of March 11, Iran’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Mohammad Jawad Azari Jahromi, has posted a map on Twitter, where dots indicate the location of about 3 million users of the application.
Previously, the OXO reported a Google application that shows a hidden Instagram user activity.