A GIS expert has warned that India’s COVID tracking application, Aarogya Setu, maybe leaking locations of military camps and could be used by enemies for surveillance to track troop movements in sensitive areas like Pangong Tso in Ladakh.
India's COVID Tracker App Aarogya Setu Leaks Location Of Military Camps In Sensitive Areas Like Pangong Tso
Aarogya Setu leaks location of Military Camps
Sensitive information about the deployment of troops and their movement in military bases or spy outposts along the border with China may have been compromised by India’s COVID-19 tracker mobile application Aarogya Setu.
Aarogya Setu is designed by the government to collect one’s location data and cross reference it with the state-owned Indian Council of Medical Research’s database of COVID-19 tests to alert a user if an infected person is in close proximity.
“Through the app, one can see if a soldier using Arogya Setu i...
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