Immuni

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 (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 release on App Store and Google Play, and since 1 February 2021 it is available on the Huawei AppGallery as well.

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.

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

References
  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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