Corona app code published
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The developers of the federal corona warning app have disclosed the complete program code of the eagerly awaited application on the GitHub developer platform. This means that all codes of the complete app can be viewed by the expert community, said spokespersons for Deutsche Telekom and SAP AG.
Transparency right from the start
The two companies are thus keeping their promise to develop the tracing app as transparently as possible. In the open source project, over 65,000 voluntary software experts have looked at the source codes that have already been published and made their own suggestions for improvements.
With the app, users should be able to determine a personal "risk level for infection". To do this, the app sends anonymized short-term identification numbers via Bluetooth that can be received by other app users in the vicinity. If a user tests positive for Covid-19 and this status is recorded in the app, the other affected users are informed that they have been near an infected person.
No central storage of contact data
The tracing app does not evaluate any geographic data and does not transmit any location information. The anonymized data of the contacts are not stored centrally, but decentrally on the respective smartphone. Only the anonymized list is stored centrally and regularly accessed by the smartphones in order to identify possible problematic encounters. The first version of the app should initially be available in German and English. Other languages such as Turkish are to follow.
First version from mid-June
The app is not only used to track down infection-prone encounter situations, but also offers the option of digitally transferring test results. In the app, users can scan a QR code that they receive from the doctor or the laboratory in order to receive and display the result of a corona test in the application.
The first official app version should be available for download for iOS and Android via the corresponding stores in mid-June. (caf / dpa)
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