ArticleComputer communications2021
Do we need a contact tracing app?
Article in Computer communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of User Experience in Automated Information Processing on Perceived Usefulness of Digital Contact-Tracing Apps: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Understanding Trust and Changes in Use After a Year With the NHS COVID-19 Contact Tracing App in the United Kingdom: Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Smartphone-Based Social Distance Detection Technology with Near-Ultrasonic Signal.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Impact of Digital Contact Tracing Apps Overuse on Prevention of COVID-19: A Normative Activation Model Perspective.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- COVID-19 contact-tracing smartphone application usage-The New Zealand COVID Tracer experience.Telecommunications policy · 2022Article
- A methodology for evaluating digital contact tracing apps based on the COVID-19 experience.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Diagnostic techniques for COVID-19: A mini-review.Journal of virological methods · 2022Review
- Digital Contact Tracing and COVID-19: Design, Deployment, and Current Use in Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Contact tracing apps for the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review of challenges and future directions for neo-liberal societies.Health information science and systems · 2021Review
- Pilot Evaluations of Two Bluetooth Contact Tracing Approaches on a University Campus: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Nationwide rollout reveals efficacy of epidemic control through digital contact tracing.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Feature selection for proximity estimation in COVID-19 contact tracing apps based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).Pervasive and mobile computing · 2021Article
- Digital contact tracing, community uptake, and proximity awareness technology to fight COVID-19: a systematic review.Sustainable cities and society · 2021Article
- Contact Tracing Apps: Lessons Learned on Privacy, Autonomy, and the Need for Detailed and Thoughtful Implementation.JMIR medical informatics · 2021Article
- ReCognizing SUspect and PredictiNg ThE SpRead of Contagion Based on Mobile Phone LoCation DaTa (COUNTERACT): A system of identifying COVID-19 infectious and hazardous sites, detecting disease outbreaks based on the internet of things, edge computing, and artificial intelligence.Sustainable cities and society · 2021Article
- Early Perceptions of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in German-Speaking Countries: Comparative Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Exploring the drivers and barriers to uptake for digital contact tracing.Social sciences & humanities open · 2021Article
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Abstract
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.
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