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20202026
most citedAre iPhones Really Better for Privacy? Comparative Study of iOS and Android Apps

58 citations · 165 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cs.AI2026

Epistemic Trustworthiness in Generative AI: A Normative Framework for Warranted Reliance in High-Stakes Workflows

Nimisha Karnatak, Max Van Kleek, Nigel Shadbolt

Generative AI systems are increasingly deployed in high-stakes professional contexts, where their outputs shape what users believe, how they reason, and what they treat as settled.…

cs.CY2026★ 1 cited

Dissociative Identity: Language Model Agents Lack Grounding for Reputation Mechanisms

Botao Amber Hu, Helena Rong, Max Van Kleek

As autonomous language model agents proliferate, forming an emerging agentic web with real-world consequences, what credibility signals can you use to decide whether to trust an un…

cs.HC2026★ 5 cited

Respectful Things: Adding Social Intelligence to 'Smart' Devices

Max Van Kleek, William Seymour, Reuben Binns +1

In this paper, we propose that the idea of devices respecting their end-users may serve as a strong design goal for highly personal and intimate smart devices. We ask what respect…

cs.CY2025

Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing

Reuben Binns, Jake Stein, Siddhartha Datta +2

Ride-sharing platforms like Uber market themselves as enabling `flexibility' for their workforce, meaning that drivers are expected to anticipate when and where the algorithm will…

cs.HC2024★ 9 cited

The Interaction Layer: An Exploration for Co-Designing User-LLM Interactions in Parental Wellbeing Support Systems

Sruthi Viswanathan, Seray Ibrahim, Ravi Shankar +3

Parenting brings emotional and physical challenges, from balancing work, childcare, and finances to coping with exhaustion and limited personal time. Yet, one in three parents neve…

cs.HC2023★ 1 cited

How Should We Support Designing Privacy-Friendly Apps for Children? Using a Research through Design Process to Understand Developers' Needs and Challenges

Anirudh Ekambaranathan, Jun Zhao, Max Van Kleek

Mobile apps used by children often make use of harmful techniques, such as data tracking and targeted advertising. Previous research has suggested that developers face several syst…

cs.CY2023★ 2 cited

We Are Not There Yet: The Implications of Insufficient Knowledge Management for Organisational Compliance

Thomas Şerban von Davier, Konrad Kollnig, Reuben Binns +2

Since GDPR went into effect in 2018, many other data protection and privacy regulations have been released. With the new regulation, there has been an associated increase in indust…

cs.HC2023★ 2 cited

Computers as Bad Social Actors: Dark Patterns and Anti-Patterns in Interfaces that Act Socially

Lize Alberts, Ulrik Lyngs, Max Van Kleek

Technologies increasingly mimic human-like social behaviours. Beyond prototypical conversational agents like chatbots, this also applies to basic automated systems like app notific…

cs.CY2021★ 43 cited

Before and after GDPR: tracking in mobile apps

Konrad Kollnig, Reuben Binns, Max Van Kleek +4

Third-party tracking, the collection and sharing of behavioural data about individuals, is a significant and ubiquitous privacy threat in mobile apps. The EU General Data Protectio…

cs.HC2021★ 42 cited

"Money makes the world go around'': Identifying Barriers to Better Privacy in Children's Apps From Developers' Perspectives

Anirudh Ekambaranathan, Jun Zhao, Max Van Kleek

The industry for children's apps is thriving at the cost of children's privacy: these apps routinely disclose children's data to multiple data trackers and ad networks. As children…

cs.CR2021★ 58 cited

Are iPhones Really Better for Privacy? Comparative Study of iOS and Android Apps

Konrad Kollnig, Anastasia Shuba, Reuben Binns +2

While many studies have looked at privacy properties of the Android and Google Play app ecosystem, comparatively much less is known about iOS and the Apple App Store, the most wide…

cs.DL2020★ 2 cited

What country, university or research institute, performed the best on COVID-19? Bibliometric analysis of scientific literature

Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Rob Walton +3

In this article, we conduct data mining to discover the countries, universities and companies, produced or collaborated the most research on Covid-19 since the pandemic started. We…