Maria K. Wolters

There’s a (pot)hole in your privacy policy: Privacy Concerns in Canadian Problem-Reporting Websites

City governments are leveraging digital platforms to increase engagement from the community and make services more accessible to their constituents. These platforms allow citizens …

Indrani Ray
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E-Government Engagement

Government services are increasingly moving online which can lead to more efficiency and greater accessability. But online services also come with privacy and security risks. This …

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Kami Vaniea
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Why do They Need to Know I Spotted a Pothole? Privacy Issues in Canadian Municipal Problem Reporting Websites

Users act as valuable ``citizen sensors'' by reporting issues in public spaces enabling cities to address infrastructure problems in a timely manner. Municipal web sites are one …

Indrani Ray
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Not as easy as just update: Survey of System Administrators and Patching Behaviours

While installing patches (updates) quickly is important for security, many system administrators do not have access to key resources like dedicated testing environments to ensure …

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Using Clustering Algorithms to Automatically Identify Phishing Campaigns

Attackers attempt to create successful phishing campaigns by sending out trustworthy-looking emails with a range of variations, such as adding the recipient name in the subject …

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Twitter has a Binary Privacy Setting, are Users Aware of How It Works?

Twitter accounts are public by default, but Twitter gives the option to create protected accounts, where only approved followers can see their tweets. The publicly visible …

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To Patch, or not To Patch? That is the Question: A Case Study of System Administrators' Online Collaborative Behaviour

Case study of a Critical Windows patch which had problems. The case explores how admins learn about patches, how issues are identified by online admin communities, communication …

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What is this URL's Destination? Empirical Evaluation of Users' URL Reading

Common anti-phishing advice tells users to mouse over links, look at the URL, and compare to the expected destination, implicitly assuming that they are able to read the URL. To …

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