A privacy and security analysis of early-deployed COVID-19 contact tracing Android apps
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DOI: 10.1007/s10664-020-09934-4
Abstract: As this article is being drafted, the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic is causing harm and disruption across the world. Many countries aimed at supporting their contact tracers with the use of digital contact tracing apps in order… read more here.
Keywords: contact tracing; privacy security; security; privacy ... See more keywords
Privacy concerns can explain unwillingness to download and use contact tracing apps when COVID-19 concerns are high
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106718
Abstract: Governments around the world have increasingly relied on technology to promote public health, such as using electronic health records and portable fitness devices. During the COVID-19 pandemic, “contact tracing apps” for smartphones have also been… read more here.
Keywords: privacy concerns; tracing apps; contact tracing; covid concerns ... See more keywords
The psychological reassurance effect of mobile tracing apps in Covid-19 Era
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107210
Abstract: As part of their public health policies, most countries have launched mobile tracing applications (apps) to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus and reassure their citizens. To the best of our knowledge, no study… read more here.
Keywords: tracing apps; reassurance effect; covid; mobile tracing ... See more keywords
COVID-19 contact tracing apps: UK public perceptions
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DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2021.1909707
Abstract: In order to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers around the globe have increasingly invested in digital health technologies to support the ‘test, track and trace’ approach of containing the s... read more here.
Keywords: apps public; contact tracing; public perceptions; covid contact ... See more keywords
Attitudes towards COVID-19 contact tracing apps: a cross-national survey
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3136649
Abstract: To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, countries around the world have implemented a range of measures and virus containment strategies, including digital contact-tracing (DCT) in the form of smartphone apps. While early studies showed… read more here.
Keywords: survey; tracing apps; contact tracing; cross national ... See more keywords
When Privacy, Distrust, and Misinformation Cause Worry About Using COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps
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DOI: 10.1109/mic.2022.3225568
Abstract: Public health authorities worldwide are advocating for contact-tracing apps to help track COVID-19 infections during the pandemic and interrupt virus transmission. However, app users have to share their personally identifiable information, whereabouts, and in some… read more here.
Keywords: privacy; contact tracing; misinformation; tracing apps ... See more keywords
What Users Think of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps: An Analysis of Eight European Apps
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DOI: 10.1109/ms.2021.3097284
Abstract: We mine insights from the user reviews of COVID-19 contact-tracing apps from eight European countries to determine what end users think of the apps and the main problems that have been reported. read more here.
Keywords: covid contact; tracing apps; eight european; contact tracing ... See more keywords
Contact-Tracing Apps: Time to Confront Broader Societal Change.
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DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2020.306084
Abstract: Of the 47 applications currently available, 24 contain Google and Facebook tracking, 11 have no privacy policy, 25 do not disclose the length of time that they hold the data for, and 28 have no… read more here.
Keywords: contact tracing; apps time; tracing apps; time confront ... See more keywords
How is “solidarity” understood in discussions about contact tracing apps? An overview
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.859831
Abstract: Background In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much discussion about contact tracing apps, their use to contain the spread of the virus as well as the ethical, legal, and social aspects of… read more here.
Keywords: solidarity understood; solidarity; contact tracing; tracing apps ... 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.
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A research agenda for digital proximity tracing apps.
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DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.20324
Abstract: It is likely that there is only a limited time window for the optimisation of the proximity tracing app and promotion of substantial population uptake. It will be all the more important that research programmes… read more here.
Keywords: research agenda; agenda digital; proximity tracing; tracing apps ... See more keywords