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]

Immuni
Developer(s)Bending Spoons
Initial release1 June 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-01)
Repository
Written inKotlin, Python, Swift
Operating systemAndroid and iOS
Available in5 languages
List of languages
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
TypeCOVID-19 app
LicenceGNU AGPLv3
Websitewww.immuni.italia.it Edit this on Wikidata

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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Il fallimento di Immuni. Occasione tech mancata nella lotta al Covid". 6 February 2022. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Il grande fallimento di Immuni. Sull'app presenti solo il 2% dei positivi". 21 January 2022. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Perché Immuni non piace". 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Il fallimento di Immuni spiegato dagli esperti". 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Lessons From the Italian COVID-19 Contact Tracing Fiasco". Archived from the original on 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ Pollina, Angelo Amante (11 June 2020). "Italians embrace coronavirus tracing app as privacy fears ease". Reuters.
  8. ^ "Italy's virus tracing app Immuni gets good reception". 3 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Immuni - Commissario straordinario per l'emergenza COVID-19". GitHub.
  10. ^ Abboud, Leila; Khan, Mehreen (7 August 2020). "EU contact tracing scheme will not include French app". Financial Times.
  11. ^ "Immuni App download data".
  12. ^ "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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