HappyPermi

Bahrini, Mehrdad; Wenig, Nina; Meissner, M.C.; Sohr, Karsten; Malaka, Rainer

doi:10.1145/3290607.3312914

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“…Others proposed mechanisms to inform users about the app privacy risks, recommend secure choices, and nudge them to review/revise permissions [6,40,67]. Others suggested tools to allow users to review data before sending it to the server, visualize data flow [9], and replace personal information with mock data without affecting app functionality [43].…”

Section: Background Privacy and Security Management In Mobile Applica...mentioning

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CO-oPS: A Mobile App for Community Oversight of Privacy and Security

Akter

Alghamdi

Gillespie

et al. 2022

Companion Publication of the 2022 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

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Mobile privacy and security can be a collaborative process where individuals seek advice and help from their trusted communities. To support such collective privacy and security management, we developed a mobile app for Community Oversight of Privacy and Security ("CO-oPS") that allows community members to review one another's apps installed and permissions granted to provide feedback. We conducted a four-week-long field study with 22 communities (101 participants) of friends, families, or co-workers who installed the CO-oPS app on their phones. Measures of transparency, trust, and awareness of one another's mobile privacy and security behaviors, along with individual and community participation in mobile privacy and security co-management, increased from pre-to post-study. Interview findings confirmed that the app features supported collective considerations of apps and permissions. However, participants expressed a range of concerns regarding having community members with different levels of technical expertise and knowledge regarding mobile privacy and security that can impact motivation to participate and perform oversight. Our study demonstrates the potential and challenges of community oversight mechanisms to support communities to co-manage mobile privacy and security. IntroductionThe majority of U.S. adults own smartphones [50], and nearly half of them have reported downloading various third-party apps [8]. These mobile apps often require access to users' sensitive information, such as contacts, emails, location, photos,

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