Jio’s Corona Virus Test Tool surprised to reveal

Jio’s Corona Virus Test Tool surprised to reveal

Jio launched the COVID-19 self-testing tool in late March. A similar checker was also introduced by Bharti Airtel. This tool was specifically designed to allow people to check if they are at risk of corona virus infection.

A report about the Jio tool that identifies the COVID-19 symptom is a shocking revelation. Actually, according to the report, the data of millions of people on this tool of Jio has been found without any security. However, Jio has made this database offline after the report surfaced, before April 17, the records on this database were openly accessible after April 17. According to the news, it included data from all those who had self-test with the help of this tool to identify the risk of corona virus infection.

As per TechCrunch’s report, Jio’s COVID-19 tracking tool’s database includes personal data of users performing self-tests, such as browser versions and operating systems, profile records, as well as answers to self-test questions asked by the tool, etc. Were included. Not only this, it also included the location of users who enabled the location in their device.

On May 1, security researcher Anurag Sen found that the data of this tool is available on the Internet without a password. As soon as Jio was made aware of this deficiency, he immediately turned it offline. However, it is not clear whether any third party other than the Data Security Researcher has joined hands.

Jio spokesperson Tushar Pania to TechCrunch said that he has taken immediate action on the problem. This logging server was meant to monitor the performance of their website. Which was only for the use of a limited number of people who wanted to do a self-test to see if they had any Covid-19 symptoms.

Let us tell you, Jio launched the COVID-19 self-testing tool in late March. A similar checker was also introduced by Bharti Airtel. This tool was specially designed to allow people to check if they are at risk of corona virus infection. For this test, the user has to provide other personal information like his gender. Through this tool, users can also test their family member. With this tool, the user his age, did he come in contact with someone who was Covid-19 positive? Adi also questions.