RKI Corona app: "Stupid ignorance!" - IT expert bursts the collar at Markus Lanz

An app will soon help contain the corona pandemic. IT expert Frank Thelen has now burst his collar on this topic at Markus Lanz.

• With the coronavirus * raging worldwide, governments are resorting to more than curfews or restrictions .
• In several countries, the movement profiles of citizens are monitored using cell phone data .
• Germany is warned of such a step.
• Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus * and the corona news from Germany. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.

Munich - The discussions and calls for relaxation of the exit restriction have become increasingly louder in the past few days. However, it cannot be assumed that the lockdown will be relaxed before Easter. Even in the aftermath, you have to be prepared for a "new Covid reality", as the WHO announced at a press conference on Wednesday.

What should the new life look like then? Experts predict that we are only at the beginning of the epidemic and that the fight against the coronavirus * is only over when a vaccine is available or herd immunity is present. Until then it is known that it will take some time.

So that at least the spread of the virus is under control, plans are now being made to launch a so-called corona app for the smartphone so that it can be recorded how and why the virus is spreading. On Tuesday, the Robert Koch Institute also proposed another form of the app.

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Corona in Germany: IT expert advises: "App is exactly the right way"

On this topic, Frank Thelen, one of the best-known entrepreneurs and a proven IT expert, was a guest on ZDF on Tuesday evening with Markus Lanz . The investor from “The Lion's Den” supports the direction of the projects with the Corona help : “The app is exactly the right way.”

There is criticism from data protection experts who consider such apps to be dangerous. But Thelen did not want to share this concern. There are servers on which the data from the networked smartphones is collected. But this cannot assign the anonymous data at all - and accordingly such apps are absolutely secure, says Thelen.

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"It is not magic. You can look in there, ”an almost angry Thelen continues:“ Anyone who knows mathematics and computer science will say that it is clean. ”Above all, the ignorance of many people leads to the fact that they demonize the Corona apps from the outset . In Internet giant Google, many see the danger of the "transparent person".

Corona in Germany: thanks to an app on the way back to normal?

Instead, the entrepreneur gives great hope: "Our lives are getting better, it doesn't cost us anything and it really annoys me that people, especially in Germany , are generally against data," says Thelen. "We don't want a 'Big Brother' and what is said there. This is really gross nonsense . "

One should simply trust the people who are familiar with it: "If experts deal with it and they can deal with it, they will clearly put the stamp under it that it is correct," Thelen continues: "That is because no personal data can be abused by anyone. "

In addition, most Germans already use apps with which they are tracked. "The Americans do it anyway. We all have Google Maps *, we all have Facebook , we all have Instagram , what kind of data is flying through the area. Children's birthday. "

Corona in Germany: App from RKI - IT expert bursts the collar "Stupid ignorance" at Lanz

A regulated life would soon be possible again with the Corona apps , as Thelen explains: “We can all use it to improve our lives. We can open a lockdown earlier. ”Therefore, he doesn't understand“ why some voices are against such an app . Unfortunately for me that is stupid ignorance ! "

Thelen therefore gives the following outlook: “If we say we have the app , we have masks * and we have tests , then we have a normal life again. As far as possible. "

Thelen also has a special opinion about the current situation in the world: “We really don't have any fundamental problems at the moment. In fact, we only pressed the pause button, "says the entrepreneur:" My gut feeling tells me that there is an opportunity in this crisis . We have to use this to avoid being left behind by the USA or China. Digitization can save lives and data is not just bad. "

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