Lockbox: mobility, privacy and values in cloud storage

  • Authors:
  • Luke Stark;Matt Tierney

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University, New York, USA 10003;Department of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, USA 10012

  • Venue:
  • Ethics and Information Technology
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

This paper examines one particular problem of values in cloud computing: how individuals can take advantage of the cloud to store data without compromising their privacy and autonomy. Through the creation of Lockbox, an encrypted cloud storage application, we explore how designers can use reflection in designing for human values to maintain both privacy and usability in the cloud.