Immuni, ma a quale costo? Tra privacy e individualismo irresponsabile

Journal title SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Author/s Rosario Aprile, Marco Palmieri
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/2 Suppl.
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 149-163 File size 260 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2024-18282
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During the Covid-19 crisis, many countries have implemented innovative public health protection technology strategies, such as digital contact tracing applications for mobile devices, to attempt to disrupt the chain of infection. Immuni is the application introduced in Italy. This study relates the lack of use of Immuni, the representation that Italian citizens had of it during the pandemic, to concerns that the application violated people’s privacy. This paper explores the perceived costs and benefits to individuals regarding the decision not to share personal information that would have allowed Immuni to function correctly.

Keywords: Immuni; privacy; Covid-19 pandemic; individualism; responsibility; log-linear models

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Rosario Aprile, Marco Palmieri, Immuni, ma a quale costo? Tra privacy e individualismo irresponsabile in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 2 Suppl./2025, pp 149-163, DOI: 10.3280/SES2024-18282