It can hack their confidential information

«Al-Hosn» warns against sharing the green permit online

The "Al Hosn" application allows the user to choose the data to be shared.

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The “Al-Hosn” application, the official application in the UAE to follow up on the results of “Covid-19” tests, and follow up on contacts in the UAE, warned against users to share their green application on the Internet, so that their confidential information would not be hacked, noting that the application now provides a version The latest nasal swab results are shared and shared with others, and now offers the ability to delete incorrect vaccination doses.

In detail, the official website of the "Al-Hosn" application published a warning calling on application users not to share their green permit online because it contains confidential and sensitive personal data, indicating that this data can be hacked and misused if it is improperly shared.

Therefore, caution should be exercised when the user shares his green pass online, as the user's pass contains the Emirates ID number, date of birth, passport number, and full name.

The application allows the user to choose the data that he will share, as the user must give his consent to download the list of unidentified data of the people in contact during the past three weeks, and he can also control who he wants to share the results of his examinations with, stressing that the most important features of the application are to maintain the confidentiality of user data By not sharing any of their information, as users' personal information is stored on the "Al Hosn" application in an encrypted manner, and when the application connects to other phones, the personal details are hidden.

He explained that the application provides a large number of services to users, including enabling individuals - through the application - to easily issue and share the latest results of the nasal swab examination, and the application also allows users who have uploaded their vaccination certificates using the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security to delete doses Incorrect vaccination on the application «Al-Hosn».

The application alerted users to the possibility of obtaining a travel permit for those recovering from “Covid-19”, by opening the profile on the application, going to the Add a new permit screen, and choosing Travel Permit - Recovery from the list, and then choosing to add a permit, and providing the special QR code With the user when traveling or the recovery certificate in “PDF” format.

The official website of the application indicated that downloading and sharing the recovery certificate from “Covid-19” from the green traffic is done by opening the profile on the application, pressing the three dots at the top left of the screen, choosing to share the recovery certificate, and selecting the correct date in the list of special recovery certificates. the user, and download the recovery certificate in PDF format.

The site also announced that obtaining the green status on the “Al-Hosn” application after receiving a positive result for the “Covid-19” nasal swab test (PCR) is automatically done 11 days after receiving the positive result of the nasal swab test, and the green status is obtained automatically for a period of time. 30 days, after obtaining the green status automatically, individuals must receive a negative nasal swab test result every 14 days to maintain the green status.

Alternatively, individuals can have two negative nasal swab results - 24 hours apart - to get the green status.

How to get green pass

The official website of the “Al-Hosn” application indicated that the method of obtaining the green pass on the “Al-Hosn” application for unvaccinated people, or partially vaccinated people who received one vaccination dose, or did not receive the booster dose after six months on the second dose, requires a nasal swab every 48 An hour, pointing out that the method of obtaining the green pass in the “Al-Hosn” application for those who have a medical exemption or obtained an Evusheld treatment, requires a nasal swab every seven days, while obtaining the green pass in the “Al-Hosn” application is required for individuals who have been fully vaccinated with the booster dose. Nasal swab should be done every 14 days.

• Storing users' personal information on the "Al Hosn" application is in an encrypted manner.

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