Analysis of an ehealth app: Privacy, security and usability

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作者：

Alturki R. ^{[1
]}

AlGhamdi M.J. ^{[1
]}

Gay V. ^{[2
]}

Awan N. ^{[3
]}

Kundi M. ^{[3
]}

Alshehri M. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Information Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah

[2] School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney

[3] Department of Computer Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan

[4] Department of Computer Science, Taif University, Taif

来源：

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications | 2020年 / 11卷 / 04期

关键词：

App; Data security; Obesity; Privacy; Usability;

D O I：

10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110428

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Obesity and overweight are considered a health threat globally. Saudi Arabia is a country that has a high percentage of people suffering from obesity. These people can be helped to lose weight through the usage of mobile apps as these apps can collect users' personal information. These collected data is used to provide precise and personalized weight loss advices. However, weight loss apps must be user friendly, provide data security and user privacy protection. In this paper, we analyze the usability, security, and privacy of a weight loss app. Our main aim to clarify the data privacy and security procedure and test the usability level of the new Arabic weight loss app 'Akser Waznk' that is developed considering the social and cultural norms of Saudi users. © 2020 Science and Information Organization.

引用

页码：209 / 214

页数：5

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