A Smart Wizard System Suitable for Use With Internet Mobile Devices to Adjust Personal Information Privacy Settings

摘要

The privacy of personal information is an important issue affecting theconfidence of internet users. The widespread adoption of online social networksand access to these platforms using mobile devices has encouraged developers tomake the systems and interfaces acceptable to users who seek privacy. The aimof this study is to test a wizard that allows users to control the sharing ofpersonal information with others. We also assess the concerns of users in termsof such sharing such as whether to hide personal data in current online socialnetwork accounts. Survey results showed the wizard worked very well and thatfemales concealed more personal information than did males. In addition, mostusers who were concerned about misuse of personal information hid those items.The results can be used to upgrade current privacy systems or to design newsystems that work on mobile internet devices. The system can also be used tosave time when setting personal privacy settings and makes users more aware ofitems that will be shared with others.