Search for dissertations about: "Privacy-enhancing technologies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Privacy-enhancing technologies.

2. 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 : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; 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

4. 2. Preserving Privacy in Transparency Logging

   Author : Tobias Pulls; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Sonja Buchegger; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; NATURVETENSKAP; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; NATURAL SCIENCES; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; 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

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

   Author : Lejla Islami; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Mikael Asplund; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; 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

6. 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 : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; 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

7. 5. Privacy expectations and challenges of smart home ecosystems

   Author : Tomasz Kosinski; Chalmers University of Technology; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; privacy enhancing technologies; Internet of Things IoT ; privacy;

   Abstract : Technology has long facilitated our lives. Nowadays, we increasingly embrace living in digital spaces. Sometimes we cannot avoid enrolling into them, if only because staying outside makes our lives more complicated. READ MORE