TY - GEN
T1 - Locality and privacy in people-nearby applications
AU - Toch, Eran
AU - Levi, Inbal
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - People-Nearby applications are becoming a popular way for individuals to search for new social relations in their physical vicinity. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study, based on 25 interviews, examining how privacy and locality are managed in these applications. We describe how location is used as a grounding mechanism, providing a platform for honest and truthful signals in the challenging process of forming new social relations. We discuss our findings by suggesting theoretical frameworks that can be used to analyze the social space induced by the applications, as well as to inform the design of new technologies that foster the creation of new social ties.
AB - People-Nearby applications are becoming a popular way for individuals to search for new social relations in their physical vicinity. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study, based on 25 interviews, examining how privacy and locality are managed in these applications. We describe how location is used as a grounding mechanism, providing a platform for honest and truthful signals in the challenging process of forming new social relations. We discuss our findings by suggesting theoretical frameworks that can be used to analyze the social space induced by the applications, as well as to inform the design of new technologies that foster the creation of new social ties.
KW - Location-based social networks
KW - People-nearby applications
KW - Privacy
KW - Qualitative study
KW - Security
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84885229357
U2 - 10.1145/2493432.2493485
DO - 10.1145/2493432.2493485
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AN - SCOPUS:84885229357
SN - 9781450317702
T3 - UbiComp 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
SP - 539
EP - 548
BT - UbiComp 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
T2 - 2013 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2013
Y2 - 8 September 2013 through 12 September 2013
ER -