Insights into Internet Privacy for Visually Impaired and Blind People

Regal, Georg; Mattheiss, Elke; Busch, Marc; Tscheligi, Manfred

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_31

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“…The mean age for the group of 14 participants, six females and eight males, was 50.9 years (SD=15). The majority of our participants are older than those included in common usability studies, but our sample reflects a similar age group noted in related accessibility studies [39,87,99]. Furthermore, all participants reported that they were familiar and comfortable completing the assigned tasks on the provided devices.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…While engaging in these in-person services, participants faced several accessibility issues and privacy threats, including shoulder-surfing and eavesdropping. These problems forced visually impaired users to rely on inconvenient coping solutions which ultimately impeded their comfort and potential security including: disabling the screen even if they re- Regal et al [87] also conducted surveys and focus groups with visually impaired users regarding online privacy threats and uncovered similar concerns regarding malicious software (spyware and adware), unauthorized access to search history, and location-based data tracking. Regal et al suggest that these concerns could be addressed through software which blocks users' data from being tracked.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Usable security experts emphasize that the current state of security/privacy and related options should be explicit to users [25,87]. This security information must be described with plain language and avoid jargon so that it can be comprehensible to range of users with disabilities including visual loss [79,112].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All security and privacy actions, errors, and threats are effectively communicated without interrupting users' workflow [25,87]. Users must be able to identify when a task is completed.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All security and privacy content and context is communicated in a way that accommodates users with visual disabilities [59]. Satisfactory alternatives, both visually and aurally, should be available for those with partial or no sight [87].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Accessible and Usable Security: Exploring Visually Impaired Users’ Online Security and Privacy Strategies

Napoli¹

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Visually impaired individuals are increasingly reliant on the Internet in their daily lives. Yet, existing security mechanisms may not sufficiently help these users protect their online security and privacy. We explore this issue through two complementary studies. First, we conduct an expert evaluation to assess web-based security cues through JAWS. We propose a set of 9 heuristics combining usable security and web accessibility principles to guide our expert evaluation. We uncover several severe issues that are not identified by automated accessibility checkers. Second, we conduct a task-based user study with 14 visually impaired users to observe their security habits and concerns when navigating the web. Again, our findings suggest that severe usability issues lead users to take risks or force them to choose between accessibility or security. Based on our findings, we provide practical recommendations to remedy these issues by tailoring security information to effectively communicate with visually impaired users.ii Thank you to Mahadeo Sukhai, Sue Marsh-Woods, CNIB Toronto, Kim Kilpatrick, and CCB Ottawa for your integral role in recruitment and providing study space to conduct our user studies. With your support, our research progressed seamlessly. Thank you to every person who participated in our user study. I appreciate your time, interest, and invaluable feedback.

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confidence: 89%

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confidence: 99%

“…All security and privacy actions, errors, and threats are effectively communicated without interrupting users' workflow [25,87]. Users must be able to identify when a task is completed.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tools and Technologies for Blind and Visually Impaired Navigation Support: A Review

Kuriakose

Shrestha

Sandnes

2020

IETE Technical Review

113

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The development of navigation tools for people who are visually impaired had become an important concern in the research area of assistive technologies. This paper gives a comprehensive review of different articles published in the area of navigation solutions for people who are visually impaired. Unlike other review papers, this review considers major solutions that work in both the indoor or/and outdoor environments which are based on different technology. From the review, it became clear that the navigation systems proposed for the target users lack some core features that are quite important for independent navigation. Also, there can be instances in which humanitarian conditions also have to be considered in the navigation system design. Based on these findings, a set of recommendations are also given which can be considered in the future design of navigation systems for blind and visually impaired people.

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User Perceptions of Smart Home IoT Privacy

Zheng

Apthorpe

Chetty

et al. 2018

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

308

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Smart home Internet of Things (IoT) devices are rapidly increasing in popularity, with more households including Internet-connected devices that continuously monitor user activities. In this study, we conduct eleven semi-structured interviews with smart home owners, investigating their reasons for purchasing IoT devices, perceptions of smart home privacy risks, and actions taken to protect their privacy from those external to the home who create, manage, track, or regulate IoT devices and/or their data. We note several recurring themes. First, users' desires for convenience and connectedness dictate their privacy-related behaviors for dealing with external entities, such as device manufacturers, Internet Service Providers, governments, and advertisers. Second, user opinions about external entities collecting smart home data depend on perceived benefit from these entities. Third, users trust IoT device manufacturers to protect their privacy but do not verify that these protections are in place. Fourth, users are unaware of privacy risks from inference algorithms operating on data from non-audio/visual devices. These findings motivate several recommendations for device designers, researchers, and industry standards to better match device privacy features to the expectations and preferences of smart home owners.CCS Concepts: • Security and privacy → Human and societal aspects of security and privacy; • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI ; Ubiquitous and mobile devices;

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Insights into Internet Privacy for Visually Impaired and Blind People

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Accessible and Usable Security: Exploring Visually Impaired Users’ Online Security and Privacy Strategies

Accessible and Usable Security: Exploring Visually Impaired Users’ Online Security and Privacy Strategies

Tools and Technologies for Blind and Visually Impaired Navigation Support: A Review

User Perceptions of Smart Home IoT Privacy

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