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Smart home products have become more and more popular in China, especially from local brands. Being connected devices, they facilitate the collection and sharing of data gathered from inside the home. However, there is little understanding how Chinese users feel about privacy in the context of the smart home. In this study, we interview nine users about smart home products and potential privacy concerns. We found three major themes: users expect products to be smarter, different aspects of privacy matter in different contexts, and protection from harm as the most important factor. These findings have design implications for both Chinese and foreign smart home companies.
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This study is funded by the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Fund (教育部人文社会科å¦åŸºé‡‘资助) [14YJC860029]; the China Social Sciences Fund (ä¸å›½ç¤¾ä¼šç§‘å¦åŸºé‡‘资助) [16BGL191].
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Huang, K., Wu, Z. (2019). Perception of Smart Home Devices and Privacy by Chinese Users. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2019 - Posters. HCII 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1033. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23528-4_65
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