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From contact-tracing to surveillance

a TraceTogether App study

  • In the midst of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, also known as Covid-19, there has been an intensified dialogue between health and technological measures to combat and contain the virus. In this context, this paper aims to study the possible surveillance logic that permeates the contact-tracing applications used to combat the pandemic. Drawing on the concepts of Surveillance Capitalism and surveillance culture, it starts from a theoretical development, anchored in the empirical analysis of the Singapore case, guided by the Rules of Inference developed by Epstein and King, in order to verify whether the deviation of purpose in the app's usage represents a reinforcement of the surveillance logic in place. In the end, we conclude that, depending on their content, the changes made in privacy policies may reinforce a logic of surveillance that especially affects historically persecuted and marginalized populations

    Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict)

    Brasília, DF, Brasil
    Setor de Autarquias Sul (SAUS), Quadra 5, Lote 6, Bloco H
    70070-912
    www.ibict.br
    Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
    Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação
    Rua Lauro Muller, 455 - 4º Andar - Botafogo
    22290-160
    www.ppgci.ufrj.br

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    Christine Alvarez

    • +55-21-3873-9454
    • liinc@ibict.br

    Liinc em Revista ISSN 1808-3536

    Liinc em Revista é licenciada sob CC BY 4.0

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