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Surveying Vulnerable Populations: A Case Study of Civil Society Organizations
Nikita Samarin, Alisa Frik, Sean Brooks +2
Compared to organizations in other sectors, civil society organizations (CSOs) are particularly vulnerable to security and privacy threats, as they lack adequate resources and expe…
Cybercasing 2.0: You Get What You Pay For
Jaeyoung Choi, Istemi Ekin Akkus, Serge Egelman +4
Under U.S. law, marketing databases exist under almost no legal restrictions concerning accuracy, access, or confidentiality. We explore the possible (mis)use of these databases in…
The Accuracy of the Demographic Inferences Shown on Google's Ad Settings
Michael Carl Tschantz, Serge Egelman, Jaeyoung Choi +2
Google's Ad Settings shows the gender and age that Google has inferred about a web user. We compare the inferred values to the self-reported values of 501 survey participants. We f…
Quantifying Users' Beliefs about Software Updates
Arunesh Mathur, Nathan Malkin, Marian Harbach +2
Software updates are critical to the performance, compatibility, and security of software systems. However, users do not always install updates, leaving their machines vulnerable t…
The Feasibility of Dynamically Granted Permissions: Aligning Mobile Privacy with User Preferences
Primal Wijesekera, Arjun Baokar, Lynn Tsai +4
Current smartphone operating systems regulate application permissions by prompting users on an ask-on-first-use basis. Prior research has shown that this method is ineffective beca…
Risk Perceptions for Wearable Devices
Linda Lee, Serge Egelman, Joong Hwa Lee +1
Wearable devices, or "wearables," bring great benefits but also potential risks that could expose users' activities with- out their awareness or consent. In this paper, we report f…