Deploying Decentralized, Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing.

This article explores developing a smartphone application, an app, to enable improved contact tracing to prevent the spread of infections. Topics include the key components of a digital contact tracing app- privacy-preserving systems, integration of the app into both the smartphone’s operating syste...

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Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 65; no. 9; pp. 48 - 58
Main Authors:	TRONCOSO, CARMELA, BOGDANOV, DAN, BUGNION, EDOUARD, CHATEL, SYLVAIN, CREMERS, CAS, GÜRSES, SEDA, HUBAUX, JEAN-PIERRE, JACKSON, DENNIS, LARUS, JAMES R., LUEKS, WOUTER, OLIVEIRA, RUI, PAYER, MATHIAS, PRENEEL, BART, PYRGELIS, APOSTOLOS, SALATHÉ, MARCEL, STADLER, THERESA, VEALE, MICHAEL
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Sep2022
Subjects:	Contact tracing Communicable disease control Application software Data privacy Computer security Computer operating systems
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	This article explores developing a smartphone application, an app, to enable improved contact tracing to prevent the spread of infections. Topics include the key components of a digital contact tracing app- privacy-preserving systems, integration of the app into both the smartphone’s operating system and the public health system, and the challenges in app deployment.