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COVID-19, a pandemic that the world has not seen in decades, has resulted in presenting a multitude of unprecedented challenges for student learning across the globe. The global surge in COVID-19 cases resulted in several schools, colleges,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Nirmalya Thakur , Saumick Pradhan , Chia Y. Han

With the rapid growth of mobile apps, users' concerns about their privacy have become increasingly prominent. Android app logs serve as crucial computer resources, aiding developers in debugging and monitoring the status of Android apps,…

In December of 2020, Apple started to require app developers to self-report privacy label annotations on their apps indicating what data is collected and how it is used.To understand the adoption and shifts in privacy labels in the App…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-16 David G. Balash , Mir Masood Ali , Monica Kodwani , Xiaoyuan Wu , Chris Kanich , Adam J. Aviv

The changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of comprehensively considering its impacts and considering changes over time. Most COVID-19 related research addresses narrowly focused research questions and is…

A comprehensive bibliographic review with R statistical methods of the COVID pandemic in PubMed literature and Web of Science Core Collection, supported with Google Scholar search. In addition, a case study review of emerging new approaches…

The impact of COVID-19 on students has been enormous, with an increase in worries about fiscal and physical health, a rapid shift to online learning, and increased isolation. In addition to these changes, students with disabilities/health…

Governments around the world have become increasingly frustrated with tech giants dictating public health policy. The software created by Apple and Google enables individuals to track their own potential exposure through collated exposure…

The novel Corona virus pandemic is one of the biggest worldwide problems right now. While hygiene and wearing masks make up a large portion of the currently suggested precautions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-08 Sukru Yaren Gelbal , Mustafa Ridvan Cantas , Bilin Aksun-Guvenc , Levent Guvenc

The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has greatly influenced people's daily lives across the globe. Emergent measures and policies (e.g., lockdown, social distancing) have been taken by governments to combat this highly…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2020-07-07 Hui Yin , Shuiqiao Yang , Jianxin Li

The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted different organizations, employees and students, who turned to teleconference applications to collaborate and socialize even during the quarantine. Thus, the demand of teleconferencing applications surged…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Abraham Woubie , Pablo Pérez Zarazaga , Tom Bäckström

The application and successful utilization of technological resources in developing solutions to health, safety, and economic issues caused by COVID-19 indicate the importance of technology in curbing COVID-19. Also, the medical field has…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Manoj Muniswamaiah , Tilak Agerwala , Charles C. Tappert

The COVID-19 pandemic was a remarkable unprecedented event which altered the lives of billions of citizens globally resulting in what became commonly referred to as the new-normal in terms of societal norms and the way we live and work.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Harjinder Singh Lallie , Lynsay A. Shepherd , Jason R. C. Nurse , Arnau Erola , Gregory Epiphaniou , Carsten Maple , Xavier Bellekens

COVID-19 has been devastating the world since the end of 2019 and has continued to play a significant role in major national and worldwide events, and consequently, the news. In its wake, it has left no life unaffected. Having earned the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-04-23 Shayan Fazeli , Davina Zamanzadeh , Anaelia Ovalle , Thu Nguyen , Gilbert Gee , Majid Sarrafzadeh

Our research aims to highlight and alleviate the complex tensions around online safety, privacy, and smartphone usage in families so that parents and teens can work together to better manage mobile privacy and security-related risks. We…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Mamtaj Akter , Amy Godfrey , Jess Kropczynski , Heather Lipford , Pamela Wisniewski

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has fundamentally changed how people interact, especially with the introduction of technology-based measures that aim at curbing the spread of the virus. As the country that currently implements one of the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Nicky Qiu

In this article, we would like to review the main technologies that have been proposed so far to fight the spread of the virus. Also, we would like to give an overview of the policy recommendations that some European organisations have put…

Contemporary mobile applications (apps) are designed to track, use, and share users' data, often without their consent, which results in potential privacy and transparency issues. To investigate whether mobile apps have always been…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Saad Sajid Hashmi , Nazar Waheed , Gioacchino Tangari , Muhammad Ikram , Stephen Smith

The rise of mobile apps has brought greater convenience and many options for users. However, many apps use analytics services to collect a wide range of user interaction data, with privacy policies often failing to reveal the types of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Feiyang Tang , Bjarte M. Østvold

With the requirements and emphases on privacy transparency placed by regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, the Google Play Store requires Android developers to more responsibly communicate their apps' privacy practices to potential users by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Anhao Xiang , Weiping Pei , Chuan Yue

Due to the nature of the data and public interaction, twitter is becoming more and more useful to understand and model various events. The goal of CoronaVis is to use tweets as the information shared by the people to visualize topic…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Md. Yasin Kabir , Sanjay Madria