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Safety
Definition:
The usage of this app has led to health issues or other safety risks. This concern can be about the usage of the application itself or its services
Subtypes
- Health risks [1]
- Possible threats of violence [1]
Examples:
Against:
[…] pedophiles might text them, and they may be like, oh, this person loves me and everything and that’s a lot of these kidnapping, sex trafficking schemes work a lot of kids make comment on someone who’s older, who gets offended and tracks them down and everything.[1]
[…] for example, special toothpaste on the internet and whether it is promoted and it makes your teeth white. But people don’t really do their research and they come to me and they say, I just bought it. While they actually don’t know, what kind of product is it? What are the ingredients and what does it do to your body? And very often, these products are not good and are harmful to your teeth in the long term.[1]
Neutral:
In favor:
References
[1] Yagil Elias, Tom P. Humbert, Lauren Olson, Emitzá Guzmán. What is unethical about software? User perceptions in the Netherlands. Proceedings of ICSE-SEIS (2025). IEEE.
[2] Tjikhoeri, N., Olson, L. & Guzmán, E. The best ends by the best means: ethical concerns in app reviews. Empir Software Eng 29, 138 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-024-10463-7
[3] L. Olson, E. Guzmán and F. Kunneman, “Along the Margins: Marginalized Communities’ Ethical Concerns about Social Platforms,” 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society (ICSE-SEIS), Melbourne, Australia, 2023, pp. 71-82, doi: 10.1109/ICSE-SEIS58686.2023.00013.