Wang Tian, Guo Lin, Bashir Masooda
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA.
Proc Assoc Inf Sci Technol. 2021;58(1):357-365. doi: 10.1002/pra2.463. Epub 2021 Oct 13.
As the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be a global challenge, there have been numerous efforts and actions from both government and private organizations towards keeping their community members healthy and safe. One of the approaches is to use mobile apps to trace contacts and update the status of the infected individuals efficiently and conveniently so that the spread of COVID-19 can be minimized and contained. While these apps could offer many advantages, it also raises serious privacy concerns for many users and hence possibly refusing to adopt it. In this study, we aim to understand the users' expectations on the privacy protections and the provisions under which they are willing to use COVID-19 apps. We believe our study results can guide policymakers and app developers on the design, deployment, and acceptability of the COVID-19 apps that can be widely adopted.
随着新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）的传播持续成为一项全球挑战，政府和私营组织都为保护其社区成员的健康与安全做出了诸多努力并采取了诸多行动。其中一种方法是使用移动应用程序来高效便捷地追踪接触者并更新感染者的状态，以便将COVID-19的传播降至最低并加以控制。虽然这些应用程序有诸多优点，但也引发了许多用户对隐私的严重担忧，因此他们可能会拒绝使用。在本研究中，我们旨在了解用户对隐私保护的期望以及他们愿意使用COVID-19应用程序的条件。我们相信我们的研究结果可以为政策制定者和应用程序开发者在设计、部署以及可被广泛采用的COVID-19应用程序的可接受性方面提供指导。
