Search for dissertations about: "Privacy-enhancing technologies PETs"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Privacy-enhancing technologies PETs.

  1. 1. Usable privacy for digital transactions : Exploring the usability aspects of three privacy enhancing mechanisms

    Author : Julio Angulo; John Sören Pettersson; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Erik Wästlund; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Privacy-Enhancing Technologies; usability; usable privacy; mental models; mobile devices; security; digital transactions; e-commerce; User Interfaces; Information Systems; Informatik;

    Abstract : The amount of personal identifiable information that people distribute over different online services has grown rapidly and considerably over the last decades. This has led to increased probabilities for identity theft, profiling and linkability attacks, which can in turn not only result in a threat to people’s personal dignity, finances, and many other aspects of their lives, but also to societies in general. READ MORE

  2. 2. Preserving Privacy in Transparency Logging

    Author : Tobias Pulls; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Sonja Buchegger; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Privacy-enhancing technologies; transparency-enhancing tools; transparency logging; authenticated data structures; Datavetenskap; Computer Science;

    Abstract : The subject of this dissertation is the construction of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for transparency logging, a technology at the intersection of privacy, transparency, and accountability. Transparency logging facilitates the transportation of data from service providers to users of services and is therefore a key enabler for ex-post transparency-enhancing tools (TETs). READ MORE

  3. 3. Towards Usable Privacy and Identity Management for Smart Environments

    Author : Lejla Islami; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Mikael Asplund; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Privacy-enhancing technologies PETs ; Privacy-enhancing identity management PE-IdM ; Usability; Smart environments; Intelligent transportation systems; Privacy preferences; Qualitative research; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Smart environments provide users with a large number of new services that will improve their lives, however, they also have the potential for collecting staggering amounts of personal information, which, if misused, poses a multitude of privacy threats to users ranging from identification, tracking, stalking, monitoring and profiling. Consequently, the users’ right to informational self-determination is at stake in smart environments. READ MORE

  4. 4. Tinkering the Wicked Problem of Privacy : Design Challenges and Opportunities for Crypto-based Services

    Author : Ala Sarah Alaqra; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Erik Wästlund; Steven Furnell; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Data privacy; wicked problems; user-centered design; privacy enhancing technologies; human factors; malleable signatures; secret sharing; homomorphic encryption; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Data privacy has been growing in importance in recent years, especially with the constant increase of online activity. Consequently, researchers study, design, and develop solutions aimed at enhancing users' data privacy. The wicked problem of data privacy is a dynamic challenge that defies straightforward solutions. READ MORE

  5. 5. Enhancing Privacy for Mobile Networks : Examples of Anonymity Solutions and Their Analysis

    Author : Christer Andersson; Simone Fischer-Huebner; Dogan Kesdogan; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; privacy; anonymity; pseudonymity; identity management; mobile Internet; location based services; mobile ad hoc networks; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Datavetenskap; Computer Science;

    Abstract : Internet and mobile communications have had a profound effect on today’s society. New services are constantly being deployed, in which an increasing amount of personal data is being processed in return for personally tailored services. Further, the use of electronic surveillance is increasing. READ MORE