9 papers
Generative AI-Enabled Refund Fraud in Chinese E-Commerce: Investigation on Merchants and Platform Workers
Shuning Zhang, Eve He, Xiao Zhan +4
E-commerce dispute resolution typically relies on the security assumption that digital evidence truthfully reflects physical reality. Generative AI (GenAI) invalidates this threat…
The Governance of Intimacy: A Preliminary Policy Analysis of Romantic AI Platforms
Xiao Zhan, Yifan Xu, Rongjun Ma +3
Romantic AI platforms invite intimate emotional disclosure, yet their data governance practices remain underexamined. This preliminary study analyses the Privacy Policies and Terms…
Privacy in Human-AI Romantic Relationships: Concerns, Boundaries, and Agency
Rongjun Ma, Shijing He, Jose Luis Martin-Navarro +2
An increasing number of LLM-based applications are being developed to facilitate romantic relationships with AI partners, yet the safety and privacy risks in these partnerships rem…
"Create an environment that protects women, rather than selling anxiety!": Participatory Threat Modeling with Chinese Young Women Living Alone
Shijing He, Chenkai Ma, Chi Zhang +3
As more young women in China live alone, they navigate entangled privacy, security, and safety (PSS) risks across smart homes, online platforms, and public infrastructures. Drawing…
Investigating Bystander Privacy in Chinese Smart Home Apps
Shijing He, Xuchen Wang, Yaxiong Lei +3
Bystander privacy in smart homes has been widely studied in Western contexts, yet it remains underexplored in non-Western countries such as China. In this study, we analyze 49 Chin…
"These cameras are just like the Eye of Sauron": A Sociotechnical Threat Model for AI-Driven Smart Home Devices as Perceived by UK-Based Domestic Workers
Shijing He, Yaxiong Lei, Xiao Zhan +2
The growing adoption of AI-driven smart home devices has introduced new privacy risks for domestic workers (DWs), who are frequently monitored in employers' homes while also using…