Users' conceptions of web security: a comparative study
CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Informed Consent in the Mozilla Browser: Implementing Value Sensitive Design
HICSS '02 Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'02)-Volume 8 - Volume 8
'I didn't buy it for myself' privacy and ecommerce personalization
Proceedings of the 2003 ACM workshop on Privacy in the electronic society
Security in the wild: user strategies for managing security as an everyday, practical problem
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Privacy practices of Internet users: self-reports versus observed behavior
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special isssue: HCI research in privacy and security is critical now
Peripheral privacy notifications for wireless networks
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM workshop on Privacy in the electronic society
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Do security toolbars actually prevent phishing attacks?
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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SOUPS '06 Proceedings of the second symposium on Usable privacy and security
Measuring trust in wi-fi hotspots
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Sesame: informing user security decisions with system visualization
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Improving wireless privacy with an identifier-free link layer protocol
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Mobile systems, applications, and services
Where's the beep?: security, privacy, and user misunderstandings of RFID
UPSEC'08 Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Usability, Psychology, and Security
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Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Designing interactive systems
Privacy oracle: a system for finding application leaks with black box differential testing
Proceedings of the 15th ACM conference on Computer and communications security
Geo-fencing: Confining Wi-Fi Coverage to Physical Boundaries
Pervasive '09 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing
Revealing hidden context: improving mental models of personal firewall users
Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security
Enhancing research into usable privacy and security
Proceedings of the 27th ACM international conference on Design of communication
The Wi-Fi privacy ticker: improving awareness & control of personal information exposure on Wi-Fi
Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference on Ubiquitous computing
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM workshop on Assurable and usable security configuration
Privacy risks emerging from the adoption of innocuous wearable sensors in the mobile environment
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Towards the use of "negative effects" in technology design and evaluation
BCS '10 Proceedings of the 24th BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference
The mismeasurement of privacy: using contextual integrity to reconsider privacy in HCI
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
MultiNet: reducing interaction overhead in domestic wireless networks
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Increasingly, users access online services such as email, e-commerce, and social networking sites via 802.11-based wireless networks. As they do so, they expose a range of personal information such as their names, email addresses, and ZIP codes to anyone within broadcast range of the network. This paper presents results from an exploratory study that examined how users from the general public understand Wi-Fi, what their concerns are related to Wi-Fi use, and which practices they follow to counter perceived threats. Our results reveal that while users understand the practical details of Wi-Fi use reasonably well, they lack understanding of important privacy risks. In addition, users employ incomplete protective practices which results in a false sense of security and lack of concern while on Wi-Fi. Based on our results, we outline opportunities for technology to help address these problems.