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Apps may give away privacy of young drug users
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30571
Subject(s) - internet privacy , addiction , computer security , safeguard , explosive material , privacy policy , substance use , computer science , business , information privacy , psychology , psychiatry , chemistry , organic chemistry , international trade
Addiction treatment “apps” (or computer applications, especially those downloaded to a mobile devise) do not safeguard privacy, according to an explosive report from ExpressVPN. The ExpressVPN Digital Security Lab, working with the LAC and the Opioid Policy Institute, looked at the privacy and security issues of 10 apps, some of which we have written about. Many of them claim to treat all substance use disorders (SUDs), not just opioid use disorders (OUDs).