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In this paper, we investigate how existing theoretical contributions on usable security can serve to guide the design of a specific system. We illustrate how going through this theoretically informed, concrete design process, also provides the basis for complementing existing theoretical contributions. The system we have designed is a system taking advantage of pervasive computing technology to offer hotel guests access to their personal, digital materials while in a hotel room. The design is based on two ideas novel to usable security, namely falsification and the singleton invariant..
The authors are supported in part by ISIS Katrinebjerg Software (www.isis.alexandra.dk/software).
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Pagter, J.I., Petersen, M.G. (2007). A Sense of Security in Pervasive Computing—Is the Light on When the Refrigerator Door Is Closed?. In: Dietrich, S., Dhamija, R. (eds) Financial Cryptography and Data Security. FC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4886. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77366-5_36
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