Abstract
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
| 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/Territory | Switzerland |
| City | Lugano |
| Period | 19/03/12 → 23/03/12 |
Keywords
- Awareness cues
- context-awareness
- mobile applications
- privacy
- sensing
- social networks