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The politics of Covid apps

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: From Apple and Google to small teams of coders, numerous groups around the world are developing Covid apps. Besides helping governments fight the virus, these apps also offer the potential for mass surveillance and violations of privacy on a very large scale. Moreover, the apps and the technology behind them will in all likelihood live on once the crisis is over, recasting the rules of the political game in the longer term.

Source: Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)

DOI: 10.71609/iheid-pce3-0284

Author: Leander, Anna

Institution: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7080812326

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