The official Coronavirus-Warnapp the Federal government will be presented on Tuesday and unlocked. The Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) learned on Sunday in Berlin. Thus, a corresponding notification of the transmitter RTL and n-tv on Friday is confirmed. Last Tests had gone very well, reported dpa, citing unnamed sources. In the App Stores of Google and Apple, the Software could be downloaded already on Monday.
With the App, it should be understood that the Corona chains of Infection better. You should ensure that the novel Coronavirus is spreading in a loosening of the protection measures is strong, and there is not a so-called second wave. Presented the App to the further information of the Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU), Federal Minister of the interior, Horst Seehofer (CSU), representatives of the participating companies T-Systems and SAP, as well as the Chancellery chief Helge Braun (CDU).
the owner of a suitable Smartphones can voluntarily decide whether you want to install the App. The Software can also be subsequently deactivated, or uninstalled. It measures the short-range radio Bluetooth, if users of the App came over a period of 15 minutes or longer closer than about two meters. This shock is transmitted every two and a half to five minutes of anonymous identification numbers. The place of meeting is not recorded. A user is tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, Sars-Cov2, and he shares this Information in the App, inform the other user that you have stayed in the past in the vicinity of an infected Person.
“A good solution, but not perfect”
SAP-Manager Jürgen Müller told the dpa that it was “convinced that we have a good solution that can be used to start – even if we don’t know that she’s perfect”. The Fraunhofer Institute IIS in Erlangen, by played in Tests of the German concrete scenarios: Sitting in a Restaurant, standing in line, stay in public transport. It was measured, how precise the Smartphones detected in the distance. “In the real world, we will learn even more”, said Müller.
The App should have been the end of April will be available. Not decided at this time, the Federal government, however, to entrust the original project team, but the company, SAP and T-Systems with the implementation. Chancellery chief brown acknowledged gaps in the development. “From today’s point of view, we have the decision to entrust the company with the technical implementation of the Corona App, ten days earlier to meet”, said the CDU politician of the “world on Sunday”. Differences in the original project team might have prevented rapid success.
data protection: a Sound impression
the App is a multi-stage data protection concept can be implemented. The Federal Commissioner for data protection, Ulrich Kelber, said it positively: “What makes an overall solid impression,” said Kelber, the “Saarbrücker Zeitung”. However, he called for a timely submission of relevant documents. “I believe it is especially important that the documents relevant to the privacy, especially the privacy impact assessment for the Start of the App,” said Kelber. You should be from the first day to the public, in order to create in the population, trust and acceptance.
