TousAntiCovid

French contact tracing app for COVID-19

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TousAntiCovid

Original author(s)	Inria
Initial release	2 June 2020; 3 years ago (2020-06-02) (as StopCovid) 22 October 2020; 3 years ago (2020-10-22) (as TousAntiCovid)

Stable release	3.7.7 (Android) 3.8.2 (iOS)

Repository	https://gitlab.inria.fr/stopcovid19/
Platform	Android, iOS
Size	60.6 MB
Available in	French, English
Type	Contact tracing app
License	Freeware
Website	bonjour.tousanticovid.gouv.fr

TousAntiCovid (French for Everyone against Covid, and originally released as StopCovid) is a voluntary contact tracing app for monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. It was first released on 2 June 2020 and is available on Android and iOS smartphones.

History

Initial release

On 8 April 2020, the French government announced that it was working on a contact-tracing app, in co-operation with Inria.^[1] The app (as StopCovid) was initially released on 2 June 2020, relying on a centralised contact tracing system (known as ROBERT) instead of the contact tracing system created by Google and Apple.^[2] By 22 June, the app had been downloaded 1.8 million times;^[3] however, it was rather controversial, with many criticising the potential privacy issues surrounding the ROBERT system.^[4]

Re-release as TousAntiCovid

Due to the controversies surrounding StopCovid, on 23 October 2020, the French government announced that it would be rebranding the app as TousAntiCovid. In addition to the rebrand, the app would gain several new features, including the ability to see daily case numbers and a news feed.^[5]^[6] The app later gained more features, including the ability to show the user's vaccination status for check in at venues.^[7]

References

^ Dillet, Romain (8 April 2020). "France is officially working on 'Stop Covid' contact-tracing app". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Dillet, Romain (2 June 2020). "France releases contact-tracing app StopCovid". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Vidalon, Dominique (23 June 2020). "French StopCovid app led to 1.8 million activations as of June 22". Reuters. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Dillet, Romain (27 April 2020). "Hundreds of French academics sign letter asking for safeguards on contact tracing". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Dillet, Romain (22 October 2020). "France rebrands contact-tracing app in an effort to boost downloads". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "France relaunches its Covid-19 tracing app with a plea to people to download it". The Local. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Rowland, Liv (22 July 2021). "NHS QR codes now compatible with France's TousAntiCovid app". www.connexionfrance.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.