Stuck in the permissions with you: Developer & end-user perspectives on app permissions & their privacy ramifications

M Tahaei, R Abu-Salma, A Rashid - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
While the literature on permissions from the end-user perspective is rich, there is a lack of
empirical research on why developers request permissions, their conceptualization of …

Using ai assistants in software development: A qualitative study on security practices and concerns

JH Klemmer, SA Horstmann, N Patnaik… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Following the recent release of AI assistants, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and GitHub
Copilot, the software industry quickly utilized these tools for software development tasks, eg …

Developers say the darnedest things: Privacy compliance processes followed by developers of child-directed apps

N Alomar, S Egelman - Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing …, 2022 - petsymposium.org
We investigate the privacy compliance processes followed by developers of child-directed
mobile apps. While children's online privacy laws have existed for decades in the US, prior …

“Track every move”: Analyzing developers' privacy discourse in GitHub README files

K Levi-Eshkol, R Ribak - New Media & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We adopt a socio-material perspective to examine how developers translate privacy, as a
social value, into user applications. Our comprehensive survey of the research on …

A Narrative Review of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Privacy and Security Practices in Software Development

L Nurgalieva, A Frik, G Doherty - ACM Computing Surveys, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Privacy and security are complex topics, raising a variety of considerations and
requirements that can be challenging to implement in software development. Determining …

{“Security} is not my field,{I'm} a stats {guy”}: A Qualitative Root Cause Analysis of Barriers to Adversarial Machine Learning Defenses in Industry

J Mink, H Kaur, J Schmüser, S Fahl, Y Acar - 32nd USENIX Security …, 2023 - usenix.org
Adversarial machine learning (AML) has the potential to leak training data, force arbitrary
classifications, and greatly degrade overall performance of machine learning models, all of …

Deciding on personalized ads: Nudging developers about user privacy

M Tahaei, A Frik, K Vaniea - … Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security …, 2021 - usenix.org
Mobile advertising networks present personalized advertisements to developers as a way to
increase revenue. These types of ads use data about users to select potentially more …

Understanding privacy-related advice on stack overflow

M Tahaei, T Li, K Vaniea - Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing …, 2022 - petsymposium.org
Privacy tasks can be challenging for developers, resulting in privacy frameworks and
guidelines from the research community which are designed to assist developers in …

Understanding ios privacy nutrition labels: An exploratory large-scale analysis of app store data

Y Li, D Chen, T Li, Y Agarwal, LF Cranor… - CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Since December 2020, the Apple App Store has required all developers to create a privacy
label when submitting new apps or app updates. However, there has not been a …

Charting app developers' journey through privacy regulation features in ad networks

M Tahaei, M Ramokapane, T Li… - The 22nd Privacy …, 2022 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
Mobile apps enable ad networks to collect and track users. App developers are given
“configurations” on these platforms to limit data collection and adhere to privacy regulations; …