Revisiting the uniqueness of simple demographics in the US population
Proceedings of the 5th ACM workshop on Privacy in electronic society
Nudging Privacy: The Behavioral Economics of Personal Information
IEEE Security and Privacy
Understanding identity exposure in pervasive computing environments
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
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The world of Internet is a versatile place, not only as a means of convenience for an individual where quite possibly any mundane task can be taken care of with a click of a button, but also as a hot spot for those who lurk around the corners of the Internet to obtain other people's data. These data can then be used for any number of purposes, from seemingly harmless statistics collection for boosting the sales of a company to the damaging crime of identity theft. In this paper we discuss whether older adults are more careful about keeping their information private than their younger counterparts. We show that the difference in attitudes about keeping identity elements private on the Internet can be attributed to age difference. Our surveys show that older adults in fact place more importance on the privacy of their identity elements and hence may be more apprehensive about sharing information online. Our analyses show that more number of older adults considered their identity elements as being "extremely important" to keep private than their younger counterparts.