Dodier-Lazaro, S;
Abu-Salma, R;
Becker, I;
Sasse, MA;
(2017)
From Paternalistic to User-Centred Security: Putting Users First with Value-Sensitive Design.
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Position Papers.
Values In Computing.
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Abstract
Usable security research to date has focused on making users more secure, by identifying and addressing usability issues that lead users to making mistakes, or by persuading users to pay attention to security and make secure choices. However, security goals were set by security experts, who were unaware that users often have other priorities and value security differently. In this paper, we present examples of circumventions and non-adoption of secure systems designed under this paternalistic mindset. We argue that security experts need to identify user values and deliver on them. To do that, we need a methodological framework that can conceptualise values and identify those that impact user engagement with security. We show that (a) engagement with, and adherence to security, are mediated by user values, and that (b) it is necessary to model those values to understand the nature of security’s failures and to design viable alternatives.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | From Paternalistic to User-Centred Security: Putting Users First with Value-Sensitive Design |
| Event: | Workshop on Values in Computing. 09 May 2017 |
| Location: | ACM |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.valuesincomputing.org/position-papers/ |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Value-Sensitive Design; Security; Productive Security; Research Methods |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1557895 |
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