Start-up initiative wants to prevent a uniform solution
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The start-up initiative “We for Digitization” speaks out against Luca as a uniform contact tracking app. Instead, they demand an open interface.
In the last few days, the impression had grown that the federal states wanted to agree on a joint app for contact tracking. In most cases, the name Luca was used. This is an app that was developed with the participation of the musicians from Fanta 4 and – originating from the cultural sector – was created with an open perspective in mind.
After both the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor had recently made positive comments about Luca and the new CDU party chairman and NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) had betrayed an agreement at state level that they actually wanted to agree on a joint app, the introduction of Luca to be more or less a question of form. Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke) had already nailed it and confirmed the nationwide introduction for his state.
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Start-up initiative wants an open interface
Now competitors of the Luca app are making themselves under the initiative We for digitization have gathered, mobile. You want to prevent a commitment to a uniform app. Understandable – after all, their respective offers would, including Recover, Darfichrein.de, Smart meeting, Hygiene ranger, E-guest, Bomocha, Guest identity and some more more or less obsolete.
“A uniform solution can only be doomed to failure, also with a view to the experience with the Corona warning app,” says Jan Kus, managing director of Railslove GmbH, the operator of the Recover app. Instead, the initiative calls for the introduction of a “collaborative, open and shared interface” to which all contact data acquisition systems could be connected, including Luca. The contact data from the various recording solutions could then be transmitted to the systems of the health authorities via a uniform interface for tracking.
According to their own statements, the startups of the “Wir für Digitisierung” initiative began to develop solutions for digital contact tracking back in May 2020 and claim that they have a lot of experience in this area. According to their own statements, they have so far processed over 8.5 million checkins with 12,000 customers.
“Open interface not expedient”
Smudo, the co-developer of the Luca app and musician of the Fantastischen Vier, considers such an open interface to be of little use. During a TV talk with Anne Will on Sunday, he said: “Then FC Bayern will come with their app – or a hotel from the other side with their hotel app.” was in the stadium, may have been in a restaurant before.
In addition to this argument, the much easier communication towards the user speaks in favor of a uniform solution. Now it’s up to the politicians. On Monday, the federal states want to make a decision on a nationwide app for digitally tracking contacts. This should then be used in all countries.
Meanwhile, after Rostock, Freiburg has also been added to the well-known test regions in which the Luca app is already being used. The district office Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald announced on Friday. The mayor of Freiburg, Martin Horn, called on citizens to use the application actively.
What Luca is, how the app works and where it is already in use, we have discussed in detail in this article. – with material from the dpa
