The Perfect Storm: The Privacy Paradox and the Internet-of-Things

Williams, Mark; Nurse, Jason R. C.; Creese, Sadie

doi:10.1109/ares.2016.25

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“…1/3 of our respondents displayed an opinion-action disparity, suggesting the presence of the Paradox. While some non-IoT owners acted in this manner, the disparity was significantly more prevalent in IoT users [14]. We hypothesise this to be due to reduced awareness, with this rationale predominantly given by participants.…”

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Privacy is the Boring Bit: User Perceptions and Behaviour in the Internet-of-Things

Williams

Nurse

Creese

2017

2017 15th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST)

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In opinion polls, the public frequently claim to value their privacy. However, individuals often seem to overlook the principle, contributing to a disparity labelled the 'Privacy Paradox'. The growth of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is frequently claimed to place privacy at risk. However, the Paradox remains underexplored in the IoT. In addressing this, we first conduct an online survey (N = 170) to compare public opinions of IoT and less-novel devices. Although we find users perceive privacy risks, many still decide to purchase smart devices. With the IoT rated less usable/familiar, we assert that it constrains protective behaviour. To explore this hypothesis, we perform contextualised interviews (N = 40) with the public. In these dialogues, owners discuss their opinions and actions with a personal device. We find the Paradox is significantly more prevalent in the IoT, frequently justified by a lack of awareness. We finish by highlighting the qualitative comments of users, and suggesting practical solutions to their issues. This is the first work, to our knowledge, to evaluate the Privacy Paradox over a broad range of technologies.

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confidence: 93%

Privacy is the Boring Bit: User Perceptions and Behaviour in the Internet-of-Things

Williams

Nurse

Creese

2017

2017 15th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST)

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“…This inconsistency between users' intention to protect private information and their actual behaviors not to do so refer to a phenomenon called the privacy paradox (Norberg, Horne, & Horne, ). Researchers even proposed that this phenomenon would aggravate due to the new features of the IoT technologies (e.g., intelligent wearables), such as constrained user interfaces, ubiquitous device presence, and vast data collection (Williams, Nurse, & Creese, ).…”

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“…Researchers even proposed that this phenomenon would aggravate due to the new features of the IoT technologies (e.g., intelligent wearables), such as constrained user interfaces, ubiquitous device presence, and vast data collection (Williams, Nurse, & Creese, 2016).…”

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A review on intelligent wearables: Uses and risks

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2019

Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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Intelligent wearable technology is becoming very popular in application fields such as clinical medicine and healthcare, health management, workplaces, education, and scientific research. Using the four‐element model of technological behavior, the first part of this review briefly introduces issues related to the uses of intelligent wearables, including the technologies (i.e., what kind of intelligent wearables are used?), the users (i.e., who use intelligent wearables?), the activities involving the technologies (i.e., in what activities or fields intelligent wearables are used?), and the effects of technology usages (i.e., what benefits intelligent wearables bring?). The second part of this review focuses on the risks of using intelligent wearables. This part summarized five common risks (i.e., privacy risks, safety risks, performance risks, social and psychological risks, and other risks) in the use of intelligent wearables. The review ends with a discussion of future research.

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“…The Internet-of-Things (IoT) pervades daily life, blurring the physical and virtual worlds. This entanglement leads to online risks becoming increasingly intangible, contributing to further cyber-threats [9]. Social norms evolve sufficiently that the IoT is considered 'normal' and those who shun these novel technologies are viewed as antiquated.…”

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Future scenarios and challenges for security and privacy

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2016 IEEE 2nd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Leveraging a Better Tomorrow (RTSI)

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Over the past half-century, technology has evolved beyond our wildest dreams. However, while the benefits of technological growth are undeniable, the nascent Internet did not anticipate the online threats we routinely encounter and the harms which can result. As our world becomes increasingly connected, it is critical we consider what implications current and future technologies have for security and privacy. We approach this challenge by surveying 30 predictions across industry, academia and international organisations to extract a number of common themes. Through this, we distill 10 emerging scenarios and reflect on the impact these might have on a range of stakeholders. Considering gaps in best practice and requirements for further research, we explore how security and privacy might evolve over the next decade. We find that existing guidelines both fail to consider the relationships between stakeholders and do not address the novel risks from wearable devices and insider threats. Our approach rigorously analyses emerging scenarios and suggests future improvements, of crucial importance as we look to pre-empt new technological threats.

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The Perfect Storm: The Privacy Paradox and the Internet-of-Things

Cited by 50 publications

References 46 publications

Privacy is the Boring Bit: User Perceptions and Behaviour in the Internet-of-Things

Privacy is the Boring Bit: User Perceptions and Behaviour in the Internet-of-Things

A review on intelligent wearables: Uses and risks

Future scenarios and challenges for security and privacy

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