“Smittestopp”: If you want your freedom back, download now

The intervention attempts to engage critically with the Smittestopp app as a specifically Norwegian technofix. Culturally and politically, much of the Covid-19 response and the success of social distancing rules have been organized around the widespread trust in the government and public health auth...

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Main Author: Kristin B Sandvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720939985
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spelling doaj-79ac045cb1f1486796bbc91c93440d952020-11-25T03:04:41ZengSAGE PublishingBig Data & Society2053-95172020-07-01710.1177/2053951720939985“Smittestopp”: If you want your freedom back, download nowKristin B SandvikThe intervention attempts to engage critically with the Smittestopp app as a specifically Norwegian technofix. Culturally and politically, much of the Covid-19 response and the success of social distancing rules have been organized around the widespread trust in the government and public health authorities, and a focus on the citizens’ duty to contribute to the dugnaðr. The intervention argues that Smittestopp has been co-created by the mobilization of trust and dugnaðr, resulting in the launch of an incomplete and poorly defined data-hoarding product with significant vulnerabilities.https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720939985
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description The intervention attempts to engage critically with the Smittestopp app as a specifically Norwegian technofix. Culturally and politically, much of the Covid-19 response and the success of social distancing rules have been organized around the widespread trust in the government and public health authorities, and a focus on the citizens’ duty to contribute to the dugnaðr. The intervention argues that Smittestopp has been co-created by the mobilization of trust and dugnaðr, resulting in the launch of an incomplete and poorly defined data-hoarding product with significant vulnerabilities.
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