Privacy-ABCs as a Case for Studying the Adoption of PETs by Users and Service Providers

摘要

Although in the last years there has been a growing amount of research in the field of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), they are not yet widely adopted in practice. In this paper we discuss the socioeconomical aspects of how users and service providers make decisions about adopting PETs. The analysis is based on our experiences from the deployment of Privacy-respecting Attribute-based Credentials (Privacy-ABCs) in a real-world scenario. In particular, we consider the factors that affect the adoption of Privacy-ABCs as well as the cost and benefit trade-offs involved in their deployment and usage, as perceived by both parties.