Day Twentyfour
Government is actively promoting the Aarogya Setu app. An app that will help in contact tracing. How does it work? When two smartphones with the app installed in them come in each other's Bluetooth range the app will exchange information. If one of the user is positive, the other person will be alerted about possibility of being infected. Bluetooth has a range of 30 ft. These potential cases are then notified to government for further testing. There are reports that it may be used as e-pass in the future, like China is implementing now. But there are privacy issues . I think I won’t need it as long as I am cocooned at home. Government needs a critical mass of 50% if the app has to be meaningful. More than 50 million have downloaded the app so far. Long way to go! Sent out learning material to the class, as a small experiment. I structured the PowerPoint a bit differently to make it engaging. Hope this approach interests the students. I will know tomorrow. Immersing myself i...