Smartphone users' family, friends, and other enemies
February 07, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
DEC, CIC 1201
February 07, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
DEC, CIC 1201
This event is part of the CyLab Distinguished Seminar Series.
Konstantin Beznosov
Professor
University of British Columbia
Smartphones are becoming pervasive and they are used for more and more sensitive activities. To protect personal and other sensitive information from unauthorized access, some smartphone users lock their phones. Yet, others don’t, risking the data and online services accessible through their devices. The risks emanate from both device thieves and those who belong to the users’ social circles, so called social insiders. While the threat of social insiders for smartphone users has been under-appreciated by the research community, there is growing volume of evidence that it cannot be ignored any more. A recent privacy-preserving survey suggests that 20% of US adults snooped on at least one other person’s phone, during the year proceeding the study. In this talk, I present LERSSE research on unauthorized physical access to smartphones and locking behaviour of the users. In particular, I discuss users’ concerns when it comes to unauthorized access to their devices, their use of locking mechanisms and devices themselves, and examine the differences that recent advances in smartphone locking make.
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