Public urged to install MorChana Application

[misskit]

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society is inviting all individuals to download the MorChana mobile application to better guard themselves and society against COVID-19.


With the new outbreak, the Digital Economy and Society Minister Puttipong Punnakanta recommends all to utilize available technology, like the application MorChana, ready for download on both Apple Store for iOS and Google Play for Android devices.


Once downloaded, users will be asked to answer a few assessment questions as well as allowing the application to gain access to their GPS location and bluetooth to be able to track their movements.


AI technology within the software will make a preliminary assessment, and give each person a color: Green for Low risk and Yellow for at Risk. The color-based indication will change on a real-time basis to immediately notify users of potential risks once a related COVID-19 case is found.


With a GPS tracking system, the software will continuously assess the area and movements using BIG data compiled and recorded, as well as Bluetooth technology to communicate with other devices equipped with the software, to continuously guard each person against coming into contact with the virus. Entering a danger zone, the application will send a notification to alert a user to avoid the area.


Meanwhile, if a user’s profile turns either orange, which signifies that a person is a possible COVID-19 carrier, they are asked to go to a hospital, and keep a safe distance from others.


With the application installed and running, users will be able to share their information by having medical personnel scan a QR code within their software, reducing the tracing process. According to the developers, medical authorities will be able to quickly identify other users a confirmed case has been in close contact with, thus allowing for easier identification of potential risks and helping mitigate the spread of the virus.


In regard to security concerns, the MorChana app has layers of privacy-preserving safeguards in place. All data collected is stored and displayed in an anonymous form, and users will only be asked to share these records if contacted by the authorities as part of contact tracing investigations. The operation provided by MorChana strictly adheres to privacy and data protection laws. The app will only be active during the pandemic and all logs will be deleted immediately after the COVID-19 crisis ends.


Puttipong hopes that as many individuals make use of the technology, he will be able to enhance the applications’ ability to guard them against becoming infected, but if infected, they are able to receive prompt treatment.


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[harrybarracuda]

OK as long is it doesn't ask for "read your messages" or "read your emails".

[baldrick]

MorChana needs access to your GPS , phone contacts , media and storage , everything - yes / no

what could possibly go wrong