Privacy

Privacy, security, and consent (Talk)
Talk at the University of Waterloo Cybersecurity Privacy Institute 6th Annual Conference. The talk covers issues around how develoeprs are learning about what privacy entails and how the documents that claim to support them are sometimes used to influence behavior.
Oct 10, 2024 0 min read Talk
Project Slides
Developer-centered privacy
Developers are users too and they are impacted by many of the same usability issues that plague users. In this project we look at how developers engage with privacy and think about ways to better support them in doing so.
Developer-centered privacy
PEDRO (PEt Decision suppoRt tOol)
Website that explains different common privacy enhancing tools (PETs) and addresses common barriers and misconceptions people have when trying to use them.
Sep 5, 2024 1 min read
PEDRO (PEt Decision suppoRt tOol)
Techreports with Security and Privacy Statistics
List of different sources of statistics that I use for research papers and presentations regarding security, privacy, and phishing.
Last updated on Oct 22, 2024 2 min read
Techreports with Security and Privacy Statistics
DarkDialogs: Automated detection of 10 dark patterns on cookie dialogs
Consent dialogs are in theory there to provide users with choices. In this study we look at the impact choosing different options has on the cookies set. We also analyze the number of dark patterns used on dialogs.
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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 …
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Multi-User Smart Speakers - A Narrative Review of Concerns and Problematic Interactions
Smart speakers in multi-user spaces, such as Amazon Echos, introduce risks to both owners and anyone sharing the space. They store …
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From an Authentication Question to a Public Social Event: Characterizing Birthday Sharing on Twitter
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Understanding Privacy Switching Behaviour on Twitter
Changing a Twitter account’s privacy setting between public and protected changes the visibility of past tweets. By inspecting …
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Understanding Privacy Switching Behaviour on Twitter
Smart Speaker Privacy
Smart speakers interact with anyone that is near them connecting that person to the accounts associated with the speaker’s owner. Such access can cause privacy and expectation problems for all parties involved.
Smart Speaker Privacy