International Foundation Program: Contact Tracing App Evaluation

This presentation, created for an International Foundation Program (Business), assesses a Bluetooth-based contact tracing app designed to enhance public safety and economic efficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation describes the app's functionality, highlighting its strengths in informing the public about potential exposure to the virus. It also addresses critical weaknesses, particularly concerning security flaws and privacy risks that could allow unauthorized access to encryption keys and hinder accurate symptom notifications. Furthermore, the presentation examines the app's current and future impacts on personal, public, and economic life, noting its potential to reduce risk levels and encourage informed decision-making regarding self-isolation. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of such applications in managing public health crises, while acknowledging both the positive and negative impacts, ultimately recommending careful consideration of the trade-offs between public safety and individual privacy. The analysis is supported by relevant academic sources.

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Table of content
 Introduction
 Description of device
 Strengths and weakness
 Current and future impact of contact tracing app on public, personal and economic life
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
•International foundation program is defined as a
preparation course which is mainly designed to enhance the
academic study skills as well as English language before
initiating any organisational course. These programs target
both international and local students across the world. A
business program is beneficial in improving the language
proficiency and they get into correct mindset.

Description of device
•As per the current pandemic situation of COVID-19, the
government of England decided to implement new
applications so that everything can be managed efficiently.
So, they established a new device named as “ Bluetooth
based contact tracing app”.

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It was more efficient for people because they can not only use
it just from I phone but also through Android mobiles. This
procedure includes an individual who is infected to analyse
their happenings and all kinds of activities so to evaluate who
else are being suffering from such problems.

Strength and weakness
. The application was beneficial for the public but at the same
point of time it carries certain weaknesses also. It is very important
for the government to ensure that they are providing the public with
correct applications. It is further being explained below: -
 Strengths: -
 With the help of contact tracing application, the public can get the
information about another person who is using the device and is
positive from the disease of Coronavirus.

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Weaknesses: -
There were many weaknesses associated with such
application. It was mainly in terms of security flaws as
many researchers found that there are certain risks to
the privacy level. It gives the permission to all attackers
to access the encryption keys. Due to this, people would
not get any kind of notification regarding symptoms.

Current and future impact of contact tracing app on
public, personal and economic life
Personal life: - The current impact of contact tracing
application on personal life is that with the help of such
app, people would get indications regarding their health
issues as whether they are suffering or other people from
disease.

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Public life: - In terms of public associated life, the
current impact is that the level of risk is getting decreased
due to which they are also not spending their time on just
being getting self-isolated

Conclusion
From the above report it has been concluded that, in today's pandemic situation it is very
significant to implement certain applications which would be beneficial for public to
analyse their health risks. The impact can be created on personal, public and economic life
in both positive and negative way. There are many strengths and weaknesses associated
with applications.

References
Mitchell, R.B., Andonova, L.B., Axelrod, M., Balsiger, J., Bernauer, T., Green, J.F., Hollway, J., Kim,
R.E. and Morin, J.F., 2020. What we know (and could know) about international environmental
agreements. Global Environmental Politics, 20(1), pp.103-121.
Dalmer, N., 2021. Building Environmental Peace: The UN Environment Programme and Knowledge
Creation for Environmental Peacebuilding. Global Environmental Politics, pp.1-22.
Hammar, T., Brochmann, G., Tamas, K. and Faist, T. eds., 2021. International migration, immobility
and development: Multidisciplinary perspectives. Routledge.