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Lessons in VCR Repair: Compliance of Android App Developers with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Nikita Samarin, Shayna Kothari, Zaina Siyed +7
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides California residents with a range of enhanced privacy protections and rights. Our research investigated the extent to which Andr…
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…
Android Permissions Remystified: A Field Study on Contextual Integrity
Primal Wijesekera, Arjun Baokar, Ashkan Hosseini +3
Due to the amount of data that smartphone applications can potentially access, platforms enforce permission systems that allow users to regulate how applications access protected r…