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. 2020 Nov 24;8:213554–213565. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3040198

TABLE 2. Strength and Limitation Analysis With Other Proposed Methods.

Model Major Strengths Major Limitations
Broadcast
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    No public adoption issues

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    User’s privacy is protected

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    Mostly accessible by all

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    Significant privacy risk for Covid-19 carriers

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    Data accuracy issue

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    High risk of misinformation and mass panic

Selective Broadcast
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    Moderate privacy risk for COVID-19 carriers

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    Mass panic may be limited

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    Data accuracy issue

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    Risk of misinformation

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    Limited by technological requirements

Unicast
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    Low risk of mass panic

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    Data accuracy is high

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    No privacy for the user

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    Not helpful for the mass people

Participatory
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    User’s privacy is protected from mass people

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    There can be fraudulent activity

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    Mass user adoption is low

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    Full consent is needed from the COVID-19 carrier

Private Kit: Safe Path
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    Overall accuracy is high

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    Moderate to low privacy risk for the COVID-19 carrier.

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    Limited by technological requirements

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    Full consent is required from the COVID-19 carrier

Proposed Solution
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    High accuracy of location data

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    Users’ cell phones must not be smartphones rather any phone with an active sim card.

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    To collect the data, no user application is needed

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    Less false negative issue

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    The user has to carry the cell phone