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Enhancing Privacy: Survey of Firefox Add-ons for Social Processes in Security Management

This report reviews Firefox add-ons that aid in privacy and security management, focusing on their ability to enhance user awareness, learning, and decision-making through social processes. The survey examines tools like Ad Hacker, Ghostery, LinkExtend, and TrackerWatcher, evaluating their effectiveness in supporting user activities. Conclusions highlight the strengths of these tools in awareness and education, but reveal challenges in decision-making support and usability. The analysis aims to inform users about leveraging these tools for a safer online experience.

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Enhancing Privacy: Survey of Firefox Add-ons for Social Processes in Security Management

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  1. 08534: Web Browser Privacy and Security Survey of Firefox Add-ons that (Could) Leverage Social Processes Jeff Salk Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  2. Outline • Review: Privacy Management Activities • Goals of Tools Survey • Tools Surveyed • Analysis • Conclusions • References Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  3. Review: Privacy Management Activities1 • Awareness and motivation – Users must be made aware of risk if they are going to manage it. • Learning and education – Users must be given relevant information about the risk to understand costs vs. benefits. • Decision Making – Effectiveness based on previous 2 activities; can enhance effectiveness via social processes 1Chapter 25 Social Approaches to End-User Security and Privacy Management (J. Goecks and E. Mynatt) Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  4. Goals of Tools Survey Determine: • How (well) a sample of privacy/security management tools support the 3 activities • Benefits/drawbacks of social(-like) processes used by tools (if any) • Usability of each tool Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  5. Tools Surveyed - 1 • Ad Hacker – Shows “who is following you around, how they are doing it, and what they might be thinking about you” Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  6. Tools Surveyed – 2 • Ghostery – Displays and blocks web bugs Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  7. Tools Surveyed - 3 • LinkExtend – “provides meta-site-ratings for computer safety, child safety, company ethics, and popularity. Safety results come from eight online services giving you a safer browsing experience. Site links, titles, files and reviews are also included.” Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  8. Tools Surveyed - 4 • TrackerWatcher – Provides a comprehensive privacy report. Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  9. Analysis • (Demo in Firefox) Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  10. Conclusions • Most tools surveyed do a good job with supporting “awareness and motivation” and “learning and education”, but “decision making” it trickier • For ratings tools, unclear who or how many people are doing the ratings. • Usability: • Pro: Little setup required for the tools • Cons: Not clear what decision to make, information overload Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

  11. References • Ad Hacker, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11493 • Ghostery, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609 • LinkExtend, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10777 • TrackerWatcher, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/14454 Jeff Salk (08534-F09)

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