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As Advertised? Understanding the Impact of Influencer VPN Ads
Omer Akgul, Richard Roberts, Emma Shroyer +2
Influencer VPN ads (sponsored segments) on YouTube often disseminate misleading information about both VPNs, and security & privacy more broadly. However, it remains unclear how (o…
A Decade of Privacy-Relevant Android App Reviews: Large Scale Trends
Omer Akgul, Sai Teja Peddinti, Nina Taft +4
We present an analysis of 12 million instances of privacy-relevant reviews publicly visible on the Google Play Store that span a 10 year period. By leveraging state of the art NLP…
Bug Hunters' Perspectives on the Challenges and Benefits of the Bug Bounty Ecosystem
Omer Akgul, Taha Eghtesad, Amit Elazari +5
Although researchers have characterized the bug-bounty ecosystem from the point of view of platforms and programs, minimal effort has been made to understand the perspectives of th…
SoK: A Framework for Unifying At-Risk User Research
Noel Warford, Tara Matthews, Kaitlyn Yang +7
At-risk users are people who experience elevated digital security, privacy, and safety threats because of what they do, who they are, where they are, or who they are with. In this…