Navigating privacy concerns through societal benefits: A case of digital contact tracing applications
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DOI: 10.1002/cb.2029
Abstract: Digital contact tracing (DCT) applications, as a type of location-based application, have been employed in many countries to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. However, the emergence of DCTs has amplified concerns over… read more here.
Keywords: government; contact tracing; privacy; digital contact ... See more keywords
Privacy versus Public Health? A Reassessment of Centralised and Decentralised Digital Contact Tracing
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DOI: 10.1007/s11948-021-00301-0
Abstract: At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, high hopes were placed on digital contact tracing. Digital contact tracing apps can now be downloaded in many countries, but as further waves of COVID-19 tear through much… read more here.
Keywords: privacy versus; contact tracing; digital contact; centralised decentralised ... See more keywords
Digital proximity tracing on empirical contact networks for pandemic control
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21809-w
Abstract: Digital contact tracing is a relevant tool to control infectious disease outbreaks, including the COVID-19 epidemic. Early work evaluating digital contact tracing omitted important features and heterogeneities of real-world contact patterns influencing contagion dynamics. We… read more here.
Keywords: contact tracing; proximity tracing; control; digital contact ... See more keywords
Psychological factors shaping public responses to COVID-19 digital contact tracing technologies in Germany
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98249-5
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has seen one of the first large-scale uses of digital contact tracing to track a chain of infection and contain the spread of a virus. The new technology has posed challenges both… read more here.
Keywords: contact tracing; usepackage; app; digital contact ... See more keywords
Expert insights on digital contact tracing: interviews with contact tracing policy professionals in New Zealand
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DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac059
Abstract: Abstract Digital contact tracing (DCT) is the application of digital tools to assist with identifying and informing close contacts of a COVID-19 case. DCT is a potential solution to capacity constraints of current manual contact… read more here.
Keywords: contact; contact tracing; dct solutions; new zealand ... See more keywords
Models for Digitally Contact-Traced Epidemics
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3211425
Abstract: Contacts between people are the main drivers of contagious respiratory infections. For this reason, limiting and tracking contacts is a key strategy for controlling the COVID-19 epidemic. Digital contact tracing has been proposed as an… read more here.
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Ethics of digital contact tracing wearables
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106958
Abstract: The success of digital COVID-19 contact tracing requires a strategy that successfully addresses the digital divide—inequitable access to technology such as smartphones. Lack of access both undermines the degree of social benefit achieved by the… read more here.
Keywords: contact tracing; tracing wearables; digital contact; contact ... See more keywords
Digital contact-tracing during the Covid-19 pandemic: An analysis of newspaper coverage in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246524
Abstract: Governments around the globe have started to develop and deploy digital contact tracing apps to gain control over the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). The appropriateness and usefulness of these technologies as a containment… read more here.
Keywords: contact tracing; austria switzerland; analysis; digital contact ... See more keywords
“Hot-spotting” to improve vaccine allocation by harnessing digital contact tracing technology: An application of percolation theory
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256889
Abstract: Vaccinating individuals with more exposure to others can be disproportionately effective, in theory, but identifying these individuals is difficult and has long prevented implementation of such strategies. Here, we propose how the technology underlying digital… read more here.
Keywords: contact tracing; percolation theory; theory; digital contact ... See more keywords
Why Has Digital Contact Tracing Worked Differently in Different Countries? Comment on Cao et al. The Impact of Digital Contact Tracing Apps Overuse on Prevention of COVID-19: A Normative Activation Model Perspective. Life 2022, 12, 1371
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DOI: 10.3390/life12101592
Abstract: I am writing you regarding your interesting article "The Impact of Digital Contact Tracing Apps Overuse on Prevention of COVID-19: A Normative Activation Model Perspective" [...]. read more here.
Keywords: tracing apps; impact digital; contact tracing; apps overuse ... See more keywords