Immuni was an open-source COVID-19 contact tracing app used for digital contact tracing in Italy, dismissed on 31 December, 2022, after a long and debated criticism for having been a failure due to the lack of trust placed by citizens.[1][2][3][4][5] Immuni COVID-19 contact-tracing app had in fact been downloaded only by 12% of Italians between 14 and 75 years old (the government had previously stated that, in order for the app to work properly, it should have been downloaded by at least 60% of Italians).[6] It makes use of the Apple/Google Exposure Notification system.[7]
| Developer(s) | Bending Spoons |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1 June 2020 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Kotlin, Python, Swift |
| Operating system | Android and iOS |
| Available in | 5 languages |
List of languages English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | |
| Type | COVID-19 app |
| Licence | GNU AGPLv3 |
| Website | www |
It was developed by Bending Spoons and released by the Italian Ministry of Health on 1 June 2020. After a testing phase in 4 Italian regions (Abruzzo, Apulia, Liguria, Marche), the app started being active in the whole country on 15 June 2020.[8] The app was initially released on App Store and Google Play, and since 1 February 2021 it is available on the Huawei AppGallery as well.[citation needed]
The source code was published on GitHub on the 25 May.[9] The app only works in Italy, but compatibility with other European contact tracing apps was a goal.[10] Since 19 October 2020 the app supports key-exchanges with the EU Interoperability Gateway and is therefore able to communicate with contact tracing apps of other EU countries.[citation needed]
As of 16 December 2020, the app was downloaded more than 10 million times, a number which increased to 21.882.502 downloads the day before the app's shutdown.[11]
On 27 December 2022 the Italian Ministry of Health announced that the app and its infrastructures will be dismissed on the 31 December of the same year.[12]
See also
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edit- ^ "Il fallimento di Immuni. Occasione tech mancata nella lotta al Covid". 6 February 2022. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Il grande fallimento di Immuni. Sull'app presenti solo il 2% dei positivi". 21 January 2022. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Il fallimento di Immuni è costato molto caro. L'equivalente in Germania funziona benissimo". 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Perché Immuni non piace". 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Il fallimento di Immuni spiegato dagli esperti". 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Lessons From the Italian COVID-19 Contact Tracing Fiasco". Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
- ^ Pollina, Angelo Amante (11 June 2020). "Italians embrace coronavirus tracing app as privacy fears ease". Reuters.
- ^ "Italy's virus tracing app Immuni gets good reception". 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Immuni - Commissario straordinario per l'emergenza COVID-19". GitHub.
- ^ Abboud, Leila; Khan, Mehreen (7 August 2020). "EU contact tracing scheme will not include French app". Financial Times.
- ^ "Immuni App download data".
- ^ "Dismissione Piattaforma contact tracing digitale e APP IMMUNI". www.salute.gov.it (in Italian). Ministero della Salute. 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
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