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ArticlePloS one2023

Privacy and security concerns with passively collected location data for digital contact tracing among U.S. college students.

Sara Belligoni, Kelly A Stevens, Samiul Hasan, Haofei Yu

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sara BelligoniDepartment of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7563-3043
Kelly A StevensSchool of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7117-5973
Samiul HasanDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America.
Haofei YuDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America.
University of Central Florida · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People continue to use technology in new ways, and how governments harness digital information should consider privacy and security concerns. During COVID19, numerous countries deployed digital contact tracing that collect location data from user's smartphones. However, these apps had low adoption rates and faced opposition. We launched an interdisciplinary study to evaluate smartphone location data concerns among college students in the US. Using interviews and a large survey, we find that college students have higher concerns regarding privacy, and place greater trust in local government with their location data. We discuss policy recommendations for implementing improved contact tracing efforts.

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COVID-19Mobile ApplicationsContact TracingHumansPrivacySmartphone

Identifiers

PMID37992048
PMCPMC10664924
OpenAlexW4388894703

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