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ENACT: Encounter-based Architecture for Contact Tracing

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Aarathi Prasad,

David KotzAuthors Info & Claims

WPA '17: Proceedings of the 4th International on Workshop on Physical Analytics

Pages 37 - 42

https://doi.org/10.1145/3092305.3092310

Published: 19 June 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Location-based sharing services allow people to connect with others who are near them, or with whom they shared a past encounter. Suppose it were also possible to connect with people who were at the same location but at a different time -- we define this scenario as a close encounter, i.e., an incident of spatial and temporal proximity. By detecting close encounters, a person infected with a contagious disease could alert others to whom they may have spread the virus. We designed a smartphone-based system that allows people infected with a contagious virus to send alerts to other users who may have been exposed to the same virus due to a close encounter. We address three challenges: finding devices in close encounters with minimal changes to existing infrastructure, ensuring authenticity of alerts, and protecting privacy of all users. Finally, we also consider the challenges of a real-world deployment.

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WPA '17: Proceedings of the 4th International on Workshop on Physical Analytics

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