EAGER: Digital Inequalities in the Heartland: Exploring the Information Security Experiences of Marginalized Internet Users

EAGER：中心地带的数字不平等：探索边缘化互联网用户的信息安全体验

• 批准号: 1742815
• 负责人: William Staples
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742815&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Digital; Inequalities; Heartland; Exploring

This project aims to understand how Internet technology may affect patrons' privacy and data security when they use public access computers, and to develop technical solutions that will enable these individuals to go online more safely and securely. The project concentrates especially on people who are economically poor and vulnerable to risk, such as very young or old people, people of color, immigrants, Native people, non-English speakers, and the disabled. Often these patrons must rely on public libraries for their broadband Internet access. The research team will study the day-to-day use patterns and security experiences of users in the public libraries of two diverse communities in northeast Kansas, and develop a prototype device with built-in security and privacy protections that can be delivered using an inexpensive, portable USB-style device to help patrons go online more safely. The researchers' goal is to enable these public-use patrons to have the same access and protections as those using their own computers.Anecdotal evidence suggests that public-use Internet users may be more likely the targets of online scams, identity theft, differential and predatory pricing, and discriminatory profiling; the direct impact of these security risks on life chances can be profound. To understand the security experiences of these marginalized users, the research team will conduct ethnographic research in the public libraries of two diverse communities in northeast Kansas. Whereas this field research will help us develop detailed knowledge of the subjects' activities and needs and to modify our technical strategy, we will develop, as a starting point, a prototype with three functions: 1) password and key protection; 2) browsing privacy and portability; and 3) fine-grained, ubiquitous control delivered with a USB-style device. This novel and, as of now, untested, interdisciplinary approach seeks to address fundamental knowledge shortcomings and practical challenges in the areas of security, privacy, and trust.

该项目旨在了解互联网技术如何影响使用公共访问计算机的用户的隐私和数据安全，并开发技术解决方案，使这些人能够更安全可靠地上网。该项目特别关注经济贫困和易受风险影响的人，如非常年轻或年老的人、有色人种、移民、土著人、不讲英语的人和残疾人。这些用户通常必须依靠公共图书馆的宽带互联网接入。该研究小组将研究堪萨斯东北部两个不同社区公共图书馆用户的日常使用模式和安全体验，并开发一种内置安全和隐私保护的原型设备，可以使用便宜的便携式USB设备提供，以帮助用户更安全地上网。研究人员的目标是使这些公共使用的用户能够获得与使用自己电脑的用户相同的访问权限和保护。坊间证据表明，公共使用的互联网用户更有可能成为网络诈骗、身份盗窃、差别定价和掠夺性定价以及歧视性分析的目标;这些安全风险对生活机会的直接影响可能是深远的。为了了解这些边缘化用户的安全体验，研究小组将在堪萨斯东北部两个不同社区的公共图书馆进行人种学研究。鉴于这项实地研究将帮助我们详细了解受试者的活动和需求，并修改我们的技术策略，作为起点，我们将开发一个具有三种功能的原型：1）密码和密钥保护; 2）浏览隐私和便携性;和3）通过USB风格的设备提供细粒度、无处不在的控制。这种新颖的，到目前为止，未经测试的跨学科方法旨在解决安全，隐私和信任领域的基本知识缺陷和实际挑战。