CHI 2022 - Conditional Acceptance

“It would probably turn into a social faux-pas”: Users’ and Bystanders’ Preferences of Privacy Awareness Mechanisms in Smart Homes.

The opaque data practices in smart home devices have raised significant privacy concerns for smart home users and bystanders. One way to learn about the data practices is through privacy notices. However, how to deliver privacy notices to users and bystanders and increase their awareness of data practices is not clear. Our study presents privacy notice mechanisms to combat the opaqueness and increase both users’ and bystanders’ awareness of data practices of smart home IoT devices.

PETS 2022 - Accepted

Examining Browser Privacy and Security Settings

This study focuses on people’s awareness and understanding of the settings available in the browsers they rely on regularly. Our study is intended to provide a qualitative perspective on how users perceive the protections and controls offered by their browsers, particularly contrasting between design choices that differ substantially between different browsers.

SOUPS 2022 - In Progress

Understanding user perceptions for online child abuse detection practices.

This is an ongoing interview based research which is being implemented to understand user perceptions for different child abuse detection practices carried out by industry giants on their platforms/services. The companies considered for this study include Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft.