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Do we need a contact tracing app?
Computer Communications ( IF 6 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2020.11.007
Leonardo Maccari 1 , Valeria Cagno 2
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The goal of this paper is to shed some light on the usefulness of a contact tracing smartphone app for the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic. We review the basics of contact tracing during the spread of a virus, we contextualize the numbers to the case of COVID-19 and we analyze the state of the art for proximity detection using Bluetooth Low Energy. Our contribution is to assess if there is scientific evidence of the benefit of a contact tracing app in slowing down the spread of the virus using present technologies. Our conclusion is that such evidence is lacking, and we should re-think the introduction of such a privacy-invasive measure.



中文翻译:

我们需要接触者追踪应用程序吗?

本文的目的是阐明接触者追踪智能手机应用程序对于遏制 COVID-19 大流行的有用性。我们回顾了病毒传播过程中接触者追踪的基础知识,将这些数字与 COVID-19 的案例联系起来,并分析了使用低功耗蓝牙进行近距离检测的最新技术。我们的贡献是评估是否有科学证据表明接触者追踪应用程序在使用现有技术减缓病毒传播方面有好处。我们的结论是,缺乏这样的证据,我们应该重新考虑引入这种侵犯隐私的措施。

更新日期:2020-11-27
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