With the app, users who had come into contact with an infected person could inform others and thus warn of a possible infection. The app has been downloaded around 1.7 million times since its launch in March 2020, it said. Most recently, she would have had over 20,000 users. The Red Cross assured that all data would be deleted at the end of operations, which means that contact tracing via the app will no longer be possible after this point in time.
Around four million euros were earmarked for development, operation and further development, which was financed by a donation from the UNIQA private foundation and funding from the EU and the Ministry of Health. The app was conceived and implemented in cooperation with and with the support of Accenture Austria. The app is still available as open source software and the source code remains publicly available. Future warning apps could build on the technology.
Source: Nachrichten
