Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the PERCOM Workshops 2012 |
| Subtitle of host publication | International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, |
| Publisher | IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| Pages | 143-148 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4673-0907-3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4673-0905-9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
| Event | IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops - Lugano, Switzerland Duration: 19 Mar 2012 → 23 Mar 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops |
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| Abbreviated title | PERCOM Workshops 2012 |
| Country | Switzerland |
| City | Lugano |
| Period | 19/03/12 → 23/03/12 |
Keywords
- Awareness cues
- context-awareness
- mobile applications
- privacy
- sensing
- social networks
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Understanding the privacy implications of using context-based awareness cues in social networks. / Antila, Ville; Polet, Jussi.
Proceedings of the PERCOM Workshops 2012: International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops,. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers , 2012. p. 143-148.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding the privacy implications of using context-based awareness cues in social networks
AU - Antila, Ville
AU - Polet, Jussi
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Information from the physical world is increasingly being digitalized and shared in social networks. We share our locations, tag photos and add different kinds of informal awareness cues about the physical world to our online communities. In this paper, we investigate the privacy implications of shared context cues in social networking services. We present an experimental mobile application, which allows users to add different descriptions of context information to their Facebook and Twitter status updates. The application was used by 12 persons during a two-week user trial using their own devices and Facebook accounts. The results indicate that user-defined abstractions of context items were often preferred over more accurate indicators due to privacy concerns or discomfort in sharing. We also found out that using shared context from friends in vicinity needs careful design to overcome the extended privacy implications
AB - Information from the physical world is increasingly being digitalized and shared in social networks. We share our locations, tag photos and add different kinds of informal awareness cues about the physical world to our online communities. In this paper, we investigate the privacy implications of shared context cues in social networking services. We present an experimental mobile application, which allows users to add different descriptions of context information to their Facebook and Twitter status updates. The application was used by 12 persons during a two-week user trial using their own devices and Facebook accounts. The results indicate that user-defined abstractions of context items were often preferred over more accurate indicators due to privacy concerns or discomfort in sharing. We also found out that using shared context from friends in vicinity needs careful design to overcome the extended privacy implications
KW - Awareness cues
KW - context-awareness
KW - mobile applications
KW - privacy
KW - sensing
KW - social networks
U2 - 10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197466
DO - 10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197466
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
SN - 978-1-4673-0905-9
SP - 143
EP - 148
BT - Proceedings of the PERCOM Workshops 2012
PB - IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ER -