Covid Tracking Apps, Over Reliance on Technology, Bias and Unfairness

• Authors: Christine Hilcenko , Tara Taubman-Bassirian , Zoran Kovacic

Abstracts

EN

Various contact tracing apps tracking the spread of the pandemic were issued in different countries. Mainly based on two technologies, centralised with more control by the governments or decentralised controlled by the Apple or Google Android mobile phone systems. In this paper, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different systems, as well as their potential dangers.

Keywords

EN

privacy; individual freedom; security; information

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
• Journal: Journal of Education, Technology and Computer Science
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2(32)
• Pages: 93-103

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Christine Hilcenko

• Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge
• Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
• Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge

author

Tara Taubman-Bassirian

author

Zoran Kovacic

• School for primary and secondary education with dormitory “Vuk Karadzic
• Secondary medical school “Dr Ruzica Rip”, Sombor

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/jetacomps.2021.2.10

Biblioteka Nauki

2044855