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Security Matters … Until Something Else Matters More: Security Notifications on Different Form Factors

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HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust (HCII 2020)

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With differing form factors and the rise of IOT devices, the nature of life and work is changing. How will these changes affect how people view their own privacy and security? Will people react differently depending on the type of device and the size of the screens on which warnings are displayed? In this study we conduct a task based scenario followed by a survey in order to gauge what young adults notice when browsing online, how they react to security warnings and cookies notifications within the task scenario and their own daily life, as well as gather other information on their usual browsing habits on different devices, and their thoughts about online security.

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  1. National Research Council Canada, 42 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, NB, E3B 9W4, Canada

    Heather Molyneaux, Irina Kondratova & Manon Gaudet

  2. Carleton University, 1125 Colonel by Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada

    Elizabeth Stobert

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Molyneaux, H., Stobert, E., Kondratova, I., Gaudet, M. (2020). Security Matters … Until Something Else Matters More: Security Notifications on Different Form Factors. In: Moallem, A. (eds) HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12210. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_13

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