2020/04/21 by Tim Daubenschuetz, Daubenschuetz, Tim, Oksana Kulyk +11
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #Ethics and Social Impacts of AI #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2004.10305
openalex publication_date 2020/04/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is currently putting a massive strain on the world's critical infrastructures. With healthcare systems and internet service providers already struggling to provide reliable service, some operators may, intentionally or unintentionally, lever out privacy-protecting measures to increase their system's efficiency in fighting the virus. Moreover, though it may seem all encouraging to see the effectiveness of authoritarian states in battling the crisis, we, the authors of this paper, would like to raise the community's awareness towards developing more effective means in battling the crisis without the need to limit fundamental human rights. To analyze the current situation, we are discussing and evaluating the steps corporations and governments are taking to condemn the virus by applying established privacy research.