Sonia Chiasson

Most academic institutions have returned to primarily in-person instruction, but e-proctoring software remains a convenient and resource-efficient option to remotely administer and monitor online examinations, despite questions about its effectiveness. Our paper reports on semi-structured interviews with 33 individuals (19 instructors and 14 students) at a large Canadian university. We use the Networked Privacy theoretical framework as a lens to consider the privacy implications of our interview results and how these impact interactions with e-proctoring technology. Our work offers three research contributions: (1) a qualitative comparison of both instructors and students’ perspectives on e-proctoring, and their perspective on the other group's motivations, (2) an examination of using e-proctoring within a university through the lens of networked privacy, enabling reflection on the interconnected aspects and power dynamics involved, and (3) actionable recommendations for institutions and instructors who wish to continue using e-proctoring, as well as design recommendations for technology providers.

1. Recent statistics show that 60% of 8–12 year-olds have experienced some form of online risk, such as cyberbullying, misinformation, and reputational risks (DQInstitute, n.d.). While encountering...

The number of login options on websites has increased since the introduction of web single sign-on (SSO) protocols. Web SSO services allow users to grant websites or relying parties (RPs) access to their personal profile information from identity provider (IdP) accounts. Many RP sites fail to provide sufficient privacy-related information to allow users to make informed login decisions. Moreover, privacy differences in permission requests across login options are largely hidden from users and are time-consuming to manually extract and compare. In this article, we present an empirical analysis of popular RP implementations supporting three major IdP login options (Facebook, Google, and Apple) and categorize RPs in the top 500 sites into four client-side code patterns. Informed by these RP patterns, we design and implement SSOPrivateEye (SPEye), a browser extension prototype that extracts and displays to users permission request information from SSO login options in RPs covering the three IdPs.

Remote healthcare technology can help tackle societal issues by improving access to quality healthcare services and enhancing diagnoses through in-place monitoring. These services can be implemented through a combination of mobile devices, applications, wearable sensors, and other smart technology. It is paramount to handle sensitive data that is collected in ways that meet users' privacy expectations. We surveyed 384 people in Canada aged 20 to 93 years old to explore participants' comfort with data collection, sharing preferences, and potential privacy concerns related to remote healthcare technology. We explore these topics within the context of various healthcare scenarios including health emergencies and managing chronic health conditions.