how digitised identities connected to hidden homelessness impacts security and privacy risks, goals and practices

这个问题旨在探索：(1)有无家可归经历的人如何在网上自我定义他们的安全或隐私目标，以及他们使用什么做法来促进物理和数字空间的安全和隐私。这个问题将调查隐藏的无家可归者如何形成安全感知和/或改变人们管理自己的安全需求的方式。例如，它可能会考虑人们如何优先考虑离线/在线安全，当前如何应对在线安全挑战，以及在不安全的离线环境中使用什么策略来维护在线安全。这可能会进一步研究促进离线安全的安全战略，例如是否使用技术来促进离线安全/物理安全。(2)隐藏无家可归者的哪些空间特征会对安全和隐私需求产生独特影响。本研究探讨对问题1的反应，以了解与隐藏的无家可归者空间相关的空间因素是如何直接影响一个人的在线安全能力的。因此，它考虑了影响能力的因素，例如区域连通性、隐私、获得技术/空间以使用技术、同行/网络。(3)地方当局和利益攸关方在多大程度上了解并满足这些需要？这个问题是在问题1和问题2之后提出的，目的是探索当局和组织如何支持那些面临隐蔽无家可归者的网络安全需求。研究方法：本项目将分为两个探索性研究，以回答上述研究问题。研究问题1将通过使用同行领导的研究方法采访有隐藏无家可归经历的人来探索，以“打破研究人员和被研究人员之间的区别”(Gaventa，1988)。使用半结构化面试，参与者将能够提供他们的安全体验。随后，将举办一次参与性研讨会，让人们自己参与根据匿名数据确定主题，以便研究分析直接反映人们的经验和他们的价值。这种方法的设计是为了让参与者在如何在学术研究中表现他们的故事和经历方面拥有发言权。数据收集的第二部分将采取另一种定性方法，但这将与专业人员合作，与经历过无家可归的人合作。具体地说，这项研究希望采访地方当局，以探索他们如何意识到并应对隐藏无家可归者的特定数字安全需求。这些访谈将被记录下来，并将使用专题分析来分析数据。关于研究的新的工程和/或物理科学内容，该项目着眼于人机交互，具体目的是使网络安全可访问并因此可用。这涉及到理解什么是安全需求，对于那些有着与经济和空间等身体不安全感相关的“日常”经历的人来说是重要的。隐藏的无家可归将涉及经济/住房的不稳定，以及潜在的精神健康/健康挑战和支离破碎的支持网络。这些因素会影响如何维护安全。因此，这项研究希望考虑如何让在不利环境下管理技术的人更容易获得网络安全。另一个目的是强调道德挑战，因为技术可能会通过暴露在监控之下而使这一弱势群体更加不安全。数字化支持意味着创建数字身份是访问的一项要求，而且往往是不可避免的。该项目希望探索人们对为这些目的收集数据的感受，这些数据是如何管理的，以及从高危群体收集数据所涉及的伦理影响。

This aims to explore: (1) how people with lived experiences of homelessness self-define their security or privacy goals online and what practices they use to promote security and privacy across physical and digital spaces.This question will investigate how hidden homelessness shapes security perceptions and/or alters how people manage their own security needs. For instance it may consider how people prioritise offline/online security, are currently responding to online security challenges, and what strategies are used to maintain online security in an insecure offline environment. This may further look into security strategies that promote offline security such as whether technologies are used to promote offline security/physical safety. (2) What spatial characteristics of hidden homelessness uniquely impact security and privacy needs. This research question explores responses to question 1 to understand how spatial factors connected to hidden homeless spaces are directly impacting a persons capability for securing online. This therefore considers factors impacting capability such as area connectivity, privacy, access to technologies/space to use technologies, peers/network. (3) To what extent are local authorities and stakeholders aware of these needs and accommodating them? This question follows question 1 and 2 to explore how authorities and organisations are supporting those facing hidden homelessness with online security needs. Approach: This project will be split into two exploratory studies to answer the above research questions. Research question 1 will be explored by using a peer-led research methodology to interview people with lived experiences of hidden homelessness to "break down the distinction between the researchers and the researched" (Gaventa, 1988). Using semi-structured interviews, participants will be able to provide accounts of their security experiences. Following this, a participatory workshop will allow people to take part in defining themes from anonymised data themselves so the research analysis directly reflects peoples experiences and what they value. This methodology is designed so that participants have a say in how their stories and experiences are represented in academic research. The second part of data collection will take another qualitative approach but this will be conducted with professionals working with people who have experienced homelessness. Specifically this research hopes to interview local authorities to explore how they are aware of and responding to the specific digital security needs of people in circumstances of hidden homelessness. These interviews will be transcribed and thematic analysis will be used to analyse the data. Regarding the novel engineering and/or physical sciences content of the research, this project looks into human-computer interaction and specifically aims to focus on making cyber security accessible and therefore usable. This involves understanding what security needs are significant to people with 'everyday' experiences that are attached to physical insecurities such as economic and spatial. Hidden homelessness will involve financial/housing instability alongside potential mental health/health challenges and fractured support networks. These factors affect how security can be maintained. Therefore, this research hopes to consider how cyber-security can be made more accessible for people managing technology in adverse circumstances. Another aim is to highlight the ethical challenges with how technologies may be making this vulnerable group more insecure through exposure to surveillance. Digitised support means creating digital identities is a requirement of access and often unavoidable. This project hopes to explore how people feel about their data being collected for these purposes, how this data is managed and the ethical implications associated with collecting data from a high-risk group.