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Investigating OSN users' privacy strategies with in-situ observation

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Andreas Poller,

Petra Ilyes,

Andreas Kramm,

Laura KockschAuthors Info & Claims

CSCW Companion '14: Proceedings of the companion publication of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing

Pages 217 - 220

https://doi.org/10.1145/2556420.2556508

Published: 15 February 2014 Publication History

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Studies of interactional privacy in online social networks (OSN) showed that users' privacy strategies not only rely on technical privacy controls provided by the software but also on complex workarounds like self-censorship or information obfuscation. However, it is difficult to observe users' complex behavior and practices in these digital environments. For practical reasons, researchers have to rely mainly on self-reporting techniques with all their shortcomings. We propose combining qualitative interviews and a privacy-friendly tracking software to capture users' actions in OSN. We provide first results on how collected tracking data in combination with individualized interviews allow deeper insights into user practices, can prevent problems of self-reporting, and may eventually support software design.

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February 2014

372 pages

ISBN:9781450325417

DOI:10.1145/2556420

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