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Designing Effective Interfaces For Usable Privacy and Security
I often cringe when I hear highly technical engineers talk about people. I usually hear broad generalizations tossed about, like "people are lazy, that's why they...
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Changing Search Behavior on the World Wild Web
Are we at a turning point in search is the real $100M question of the month. It's more about adaptation then features as most regular Internet Users head toward...
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The Future of Applications?
With the Web delivering richer content to our desktops, why don't today's applications let us seamlessly create that content?
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Building a Smarter Web
As more information moves to the Web, we need better tools to manage it. Today's tools focus on static Web pages. However, I claim that the Web is becoming a platform...
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Helping Younger People Protect Themselves from Security Attacks
One potentially disturbing trend that came out in a recent eCrime meeting is that younger people 18-24 years old seem to be more susceptible to phishing attacks...
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Media Computation: For Creativity and Surprises
The Media Computation approach to introductory computing is mostly used for creative expression, but it can also lead to some surprises.
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Designing Effective Security Warnings
How do we create effective security warnings that people don't just swat away? Here, I report on one line of research that examines this question.
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Security Education Can Really Work (but Only If It's Done Right)
Although many people in computer security think that user education is hopeless, security education can really work, but only if it's done right. I report on a...
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What Is a Good Recommendation Algorithm?
Someone may win the one million dollar Netflix Prize soon. Will the winning algorithm produce movie recommendations that people like?
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Social Wavicles and Personalized Flows
The wavicle nature of our social existence provides a lens for understanding social filtering and its successes. Still, this doesn't quite get us to truly effective...
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Privacy As... Sharing More Information?
When I first started working in the area of personal privacy I had what I would call a conventional view on privacy, which is how to minimize the flow of information...
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Google Android Authentication
I recently saw a Google Android phone at HotMobile 2009 and was intrigued by the drawing-based authentication mechanism built in. Basically, there's a 3x3 grid...
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Three Misconceptions About Human-Computer Interaction
Three misconceptions about the field of human-computer interaction, as observed by an AI researcher turned HCI researcher in a large corporate research lab
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