People count : contact-tracing apps and public health
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People count : contact-tracing apps and public health
The MIT Press, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "A leading cybersecurity expert explores how contact tracing apps will change our societies and describes their potential for managing pandemics, with attention to privacy, social equity, and efficacy"-- Provided by publisher
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An introduction to the technology of contact tracing and its usefulness for public health, considering questions of efficacy, equity, and privacy. Contact tracing is key to containing and controlling the spread of a virus in a pandemic. South Korea, China, and Singapore were among the few countries that quickly employed contact tracing after the emergence of COVID-19; the United States did not. In People Count, cybersecurity expert Susan Landau offers an accessible examination of the technology and efficacy of contact tracing in a pandemic. Can we repurpose the tracking technology that we carry with us--devices with GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and social media connectivity--to serve public health in a pandemic?
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