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An honest man has nothing to fear: user perceptions on web-based information disclosure

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ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 229 archive
Proceedings of the 3rd symposium on Usable privacy and security table of contents

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

SESSION: SOUPS du jour table of contents

Pages: 112 - 121

Year of Publication: 2007

ISBN:978-1-59593-801-5

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Gregory Conti	United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Edward Sobiesk	United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

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: CyLab

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

In today's era of the global ubiquitous use of free online tools and business models that depend on data retention and customized advertising, we face a growing tension between the privacy concerns of individuals and the financial motivations of organizations. As a critical foundation step to address this problem, we must first understand the attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and expectations of web users in order to create an environment where user privacy needs are met while still allowing online companies to innovate and provide functionality that users desire. As security and usability professionals we must identify areas where misperceptions exist and seek solutions, either by raising awareness, changing policy, or through technical means. In this paper, we explore these issues and report the results from a survey of 352 college undergraduates and a comparison group of 25 middle aged adults The results were at times surprising and even contradictory to the views held by security professionals. To summarize our findings, the students we surveyed believe that "an honest man has nothing to fear."

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CITED BY 3

	Gregory Conti, Could googling take down a president?, Communications of the ACM, v.51 n.1, January 2008
	Kulsoom Abdullah , Gregory Conti , Edward Sobiesk, Self-monitoring of web-based information disclosure, Proceedings of the 2007 ACM workshop on Privacy in electronic society, October 29-29, 2007, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
	Edward Sobiesk , Gregory Conti, The Cost of Free Web Tools, IEEE Security and Privacy, v.5 n.3, p.66-68, May 2007