Privacy and Security: Putting People First

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Privacy and SecurityPutting People First

• Elizabeth Mynatt
• College of Computing GVU Center
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Atlanta GA USA

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Vantage point

• Associate ProfessorCollege of
  ComputingAssociate DirectorGVU CenterGeorgia
  Tech

• Everyday Computing Understand the
  transformation of everyday life as computing is
  ubiquitously integrated into informal, daily
  activities and routines
• Ubiquitous Computing(Xerox PARC, 1995-1998)

GT Aware Home
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Putting People First

• How to make informed (proactive) choices about
  sharing information?
• How to learn how other people protect their
  information?
• How to share information with an intended
  audience?(e.g. friends, my family and their
  friends)
• Much more than usability What is the framework
  for social communication?

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People are Social Creatures

• Communication
• Processes
• Social navigation
• Legitimate peripheral participation
• Social translucence
• Structures
• Relationships
• Social networks

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Social Navigation

• A crowd draws a crowd

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Social Navigation Acumen

• What cookies should I block?

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Critics, mavens reviewers
Gladwell, The Tipping Point Feick and Price, The
Market Maven A Diffuser of Marketplace
Information, Journal of Marketing, Jan 87
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Consumers Report for Security and Privacy??
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Legitimate Peripheral Participation

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Sharing Information Digital Family Portrait

• Maintain awareness over distance

Support peace of mind
Augment common household object
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Social Networks

• Clusters
• Jumps
• Boundaries
• Weight
• Connectors

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Saori Social Sharing

• Pictures for family friends but not internet
  weirdos
• Trusted colleagues in human computer
  interaction
• Information sharing based shape properties of
  social network
• Structured broadcast
• Constrained person-to-person
• Benefits vs. burden

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Social Translucence

• I know that you know that I know
• Privacy Mirrors
• Reflection of whatpeople can see
• Inform informationdisclosure overtime

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Privacy Paradox

• Sharing information to help ensure privacy and
  security
• Acumen web browsing
• Digital family portrait monitoring
• Saori social networks
• Privacy mirror information access

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Putting People First

• Usability is just the first step
• Making decisions is a social process
• Over time, people learn how to make mature
  decisions from other people
• Sharing information is about relationships
• Integration with social activity is paramount
• Computing should support all of this

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Thank you

• For your time and attention
• Additional thanks and credit to
• The Everyday Computing Lab, especially Jeremy
  Goecks
• The Aware Home Research Initiative
• Cybertrust colleagues at Georgia Tech
• More information at www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/ecl

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