Privacy | Kami Vaniea

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

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:33:14 -0400

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

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:06:41 -0400

Privacy, security, and consent (Talk)

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Developer-centered privacy

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

PEDRO (PEt Decision suppoRt tOol)

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

is an online website that people can use to understand privacy threats and potential solutions. It was created as part of a larger project aimed at understanding the barriers people face when trying to protect their privacy. The site is designed with common misconceptions, worries, and barriers in mind. It helps an average Internet citizen step through questions such as what privacy is and what they can do to preserve their privacy effectively.

The tool was including Dr Karen Renaud.

Techreports with Security and Privacy Statistics

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This page contains a list of techreports, white papers, and other sources of statistics about the current state of computer security and privacy. Companies and other large organizations often publish reports of statistics involving security and privacy that represent the state of security from their vantage point. These reports are generally respected and can be used in academic publications to describe the current state of security and privacy. However, be aware that the reports only provide a view from that one organization. It is generally a good idea to look at statistics from several of the reports below to get a wider view of what different organizations are seeing.

Many of the reports below are published yearly or sometimes every quarter so more recent versions may exist than what is listed here.

Sources

General Security Reports

(Previously known as Microsoft Security Intelligence Report)
NCSC: Cyber Security Breaches Survey ( , , )
CrowdStrike’s State of Application Security Report
Cloudflare’s Application Security Report

Privacy

: The current use, development and limits of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data analysis by the Royal Society, March 2019

Transparency Reports

Transparency reports mostly for Facebook and Instagram. WhatsApp notably missing.

Phishing

- Proofpoint offers phishing training, and testing. Techreport is derived from data from their products as well as a survey they run across multiple countries

Government reports

- Includes measures of “Being Safe and Legal Online” and “Handling Information and Content”
– The Facts 2021
UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey ( , , )

DarkDialogs: Automated detection of 10 dark patterns on cookie dialogs

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Multi-User Smart Speakers - A Narrative Review of Concerns and Problematic Interactions

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

From an Authentication Question to a Public Social Event: Characterizing Birthday Sharing on Twitter

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Understanding Privacy Switching Behaviour on Twitter

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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Smart Speaker Privacy

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Smart speakers interact with anyone that is near them with no regard for who is the account owner, who has signed the terms of service agreement, or who’s account is being interacted with. Newer controls do allow linking some actions to specific voice profiles, but fundamentally smart speakers are designed to interact with anyone who speaks to them. Such authentication-minimal interaction can have some problematic side-effects for nearby bystanders who may not even know that there is a smart speaker in the room, much less have had an opportunity to read the terms of service or see what the settings are.

This research project looks into the privacy concerns of smart speaker account owners, co-habitants who regularly interact with the speaker, and bystanders who may be visiting a space for the first time. Through a sequence of studies we explore the different privacy concerns of these groups and how we might best support them. We also build a taxonomy of such concerns which should enable other researchers to explore the space of privacy-problematic smart speaker interactions in a more structured and comparable way.

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Nicole Meng
Adam Jenkins
Maria K. Wolters
Kami Vaniea

Understanding Privacy-Related Advice on Stack Overflow

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Deciding on Personalized Ads: Nudging Developers About User Privacy

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Privacy Champions in Software Teams: Understanding Their Motivations, Strategies, and Challenges

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Privacy

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter has a relatively simplistic privacy setting of an account being either public or protected, yet many people are still confused about how the settings work. The project looks at various kinds of privacy leakage on Twitter including birth dates, life events, and general knowledge about how the setting feature works.

Owning and Sharing: Privacy Perceptions of Smart Speaker Users

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Understanding Privacy-Related Questions on Stack Overflow

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Analysing Privacy Leakage of Life Events on Twitter

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Viewing the Viewers: Publishers' Desires and Viewers' Privacy Concerns in Social Networks

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Was my message read? Privacy and signaling on Facebook messenger

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Understanding Saudis' privacy concerns when using WhatsApp

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Poster: A User Study of WhatsApp Privacy Settings Among Arab Users

Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Access Control for Home Data Sharing: Attitudes, Needs and Practices

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000