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No technical understanding required: Helping users make informed choices about access to their personal data

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Many smartphone apps collect personal information used for a variety of purposes. Users, however, are often unaware of this kind of access even though they must grant the required permissions upon app installation. We have identified three reasons for this unawareness. First, relevant permissions c

Source: EAI International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous)

DOI: 10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.258066

Authors: Ilaria Liccardi, Joseph Pato, Daniel Weitzner, Hal Abelson, David De Roure

Institutions: University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, European Commission

Awards: CT-M: Theory and Practice of Accountable Systems, G3117649309, Addressing Privacy Challenges in Social Media