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Privacy Risk and the Use of Facebook Apps: A gender-focused vulnerability assessment
Computers & Security ( IF 5.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2020.101866
Karl van der Schyff , Stephen Flowerday , Steven Furnell

Abstract The surveillance and subsequent privacy risks (i.e., misuse of personal information) of Facebook App data constitute a persistent problem that affects millions of users. However, despite Facebook App research on specifics such as privacy concerns, value of information, and demographics, none of them has conducted vulnerability assessments on the use of Facebook Apps as influenced by specific factors such as age, gender, and information privacy attitudes. As such, the purpose of this study was to predict the extent to which these factors influence an individual's intention to continue using Facebook Apps as part of a gender-focused vulnerability assessment. We evaluate two hypotheses by way of ordinal logistic regression using data gathered from 621 respondents. The results are indicative of the following: First, females are particularly vulnerable to privacy risks as a function of continued use of Facebook Apps. More specifically, those risks related to Facebook's access to personal information. Second, results indicate that a user's age is nonsignificant in relation to the continued use of Facebook Apps. We conclude with several theoretical and practice-oriented information privacy recommendations.

中文翻译:

隐私风险和 Facebook 应用程序的使用:以性别为中心的漏洞评估

摘要 Facebook App 数据的监控和随之而来的隐私风险(即滥用个人信息)构成了影响数百万用户的长期问题。然而,尽管 Facebook App 对隐私问题、信息价值和人口统计等细节进行了研究,但他们都没有对受年龄、性别和信息隐私态度等特定因素影响的 Facebook App 的使用进行漏洞评估。因此,本研究的目的是预测这些因素在多大程度上影响个人继续使用 Facebook 应用程序的意图,作为以性别为重点的脆弱性评估的一部分。我们使用从 621 名受访者收集的数据通过序数逻辑回归评估两个假设。结果表明以下几点:首先,由于继续使用 Facebook 应用程序,女性特别容易受到隐私风险的影响。更具体地说,这些风险与 Facebook 访问个人信息有关。其次,结果表明用户的年龄与 Facebook 应用程序的持续使用无关。我们总结了一些面向理论和实践的信息隐私建议。
更新日期:2020-09-01
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