An Analysis of Requirements and Privacy Threats in Mobile Data Donations

ePrint Report: An Analysis of Requirements and Privacy Threats in Mobile Data Donations

Leonie Reichert

In recent years, personal and medical data collected through mobile apps has become a useful data source for researchers. Platforms like Apple ResearchKit try to make it as easy as possible for non-experts to set up such data collection campaigns. However, since the collected data is sensitive, it must be well protected. Methods that provide technical privacy guarantees often limit the usefulness of the data …

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