User privacy attitudes regarding proximity sensing

Håkan Jonsson; Carl Olsson

doi:10.1145/3230833.3233270

User privacy attitudes regarding proximity sensing

Håkan Jonsson, Carl Olsson

Malmö University

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Abstract

User attitudes on privacy with respect to location data has been extensively studied. However, user attitudes of privacy in relation to proximity sensing is still lacking. We present the results from a survey conducted on users of a proximity sensing application we developed and diffused by handing out phones with the proximity sensing application pre-installed, with 31 respondents. The results compare this type of application to location sensing in general, as well as positions our respondents in relation to previous studies in terms of general privacy policies. Four results stand out in particular: One, our respondents are more aware of and care about privacy policies than in previous studies. Two, trust is reported as being based more on the specific data access asked for, than EULA or similar text based policies. Third, the respondents are willing to allowing having proximity data about them sensed, as long as they are in control of who can sense it. Finally, our results indicate that there is no perceived difference in sensitivity between location and proximity sensing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-6448-5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-6448-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3230833.3233270
Publication status	Published - 2018 Aug
Event	13th International ARES Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 2018 Aug 27 → 2018 Aug 30

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Conference	13th International ARES Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	2018/08/27 → 2018/08/30

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From Signal to Social: Steps Towards Pervasive Social Context
Jonsson, H., 2018 Jun 15, Lund: Computer Science, Lund University. 140 p.
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Åkesson, J., Magnusson, B., Svensson Fors, D., Magnusson, E., Hedin, G., Kuchcinski, K., Andersson, P., Nugues, P., Robertz, S., Ekman, T., Loconsole, A., Orucevic-Alagic, A., Johnsson, B. A., Pfahl, D., Bjarnason, E., Söderberg, E., Sabaliauskaité, G., Jonsson, H., Janneck, J., Wnuk, K., Borg, M., Skoglund, M., Sulaman, S. M., Minör, S., Sandholm, T., Alce, G., Wallergård, M., Zhang, C., Barney, S., Martinsen, J. K., Grahn, H., Jalali, S., Ardö, A., Engström, E., Berntsson Svensson, R., Regnell, B., Runeson, P., Wohlin, C., Höst, M. & Wisbrant, J.
2008/09/30 → 2018/12/31
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Jonsson, H & Olsson, C 2018, User privacy attitudes regarding proximity sensing. in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security., 25, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 13th International ARES Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security , Hamburg, Germany, 2018/08/27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3230833.3233270

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User privacy attitudes regarding proximity sensing

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