We are excited to have been awarded the SOUPS 2021 Best Poster Award for Fiona and Kalpana's work: "I'll throw in a courtesy like": A poster about features, etiquette, and user privacy. The poster and associated extended abstract are available on the USENIX website. Congratulations Fiona and Kalpana! … [Read more...] about SOUPS Best Poster Award
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SOUPS 2021 presentations
We had three papers presented at SOUPS this year. The papers and presentation videos are now available on the USENIX website. Khadija presented her work on the effect of media on the mental models of technical users Daniela presented her work on obstacles blocking the online security and privacy of users with visual disabilities Leah presented her work on the consumer perspectives on privacy regulations and corporate data practices … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2021 presentations
USENIX Security 2021 paper
Our paper on work done in collaboration with researchers at ETH Zurich has just been accepted at USENIX Security 2021: Is Real-time Phishing Eliminated with FIDO? Social Engineering Downgrade Attacks against FIDO Protocols by Enis Ulqinaku, Hala Assal, AbdelRahman Abdou, Sonia Chiasson, Srdjan Čapkun. It will be presented at the virtual conference in August. … [Read more...] about USENIX Security 2021 paper
SOUPS 2021 papers
We are excited to be presenting the following three papers at this year's SOUPS 2021: ``I'm Literally Just Hoping This Will Work:'' Obstacles Blocking the Online Security and Privacy of Users with Visual Disabilities by Daniela Napoli, Khadija Baig, Sana Maqsood, Sonia Chiasson Replication: Effects of Media on the Mental Models of Technical Users by Khadija Baig, Elisa Kazan, Kalpana Hundlani, Sana Maqsood, Sonia Chiasson "Whether it's moral is a whole other story": Consumer … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2021 papers
CHI 2021 presentations
CHORUS is at CHI this week. Our lab members are presenting at the following times. If you missed them, the videos are also linked on our Videos page: Monday: Fiona - 19:00 - 21:00 ET, Privacy Behaviors A Tuesday: Fiona - 11:00 - 13:00 ET, Privacy Behaviors CTuesday: Sana - 19:00 - 21:00 ET, Developers / Authentication / Privacy Risks from Children to Adults - ATuesday: Michael - 21:00 - 23:00 Late-Breaking Work Day 3 - D Wednesday: Sana - 11:00 - 13:00 … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 presentations
USEC 2021 paper
Our paper, "Lose Your Phone, Lose Your Identity": Exploring Users’ Perceptions and Expectations of a Digital Identity Service, by Michael Lutaaya, Hala Assal, Khadija Baig, Sana Maqsood, and Sonia Chiasson, has been accepted at USEC 2021. The work is based on work from Michael's thesis. … [Read more...] about USEC 2021 paper
CHI 2021 Honorable Mention
We were excited to see that Fiona's CHI 20201 paper, It's So Difficult to Sever that Connection: The Role of FoMO in Users' Reluctant Privacy Behaviours has been awarded an Honorable Mention, meaning that it was recognized as being in the top 5% of papers submitted to CHI this year. … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 Honorable Mention
CHI 2021 Video previews
Fiona and Sana have created 30-sec video previews for their upcoming CHI 2021 papers: Fiona's FoMO video Sana's Teacher Study video … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 Video previews
CHI 2021 LBW accepted
Michael Lutaaya, Khadija Baig, and Sana Maqsood prepared a short CHI 2021 LBW paper on "I'm Not a Millionaire": How Users' Online Behaviours and Offline Behaviours Impact Their Privacy", based in part on Michael's thesis. The work has been accepted for publication and presentation at this year's conference in April. … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 LBW accepted
CHI 2021 Paper: FoMO and privacy
Our research on how Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) leads users to reluctantly chose privacy-compromising behaviours has been accepted for publication at ACM CHI 2021. Fiona Westin, Sonia Chiasson. ``It's So Difficult to Sever that Connection'': The Role of FoMO in Users' Reluctant Privacy Behaviours. ACM CHI 2021. … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 Paper: FoMO and privacy