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Ethical Concerns in Computer Security and Privacy Research Involving Human Subjects

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In this panel statement I highlight four specific types of ethical concerns I’ve encountered when designing security and privacy human subjects studies.

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Cranor, L.F. (2010). Ethical Concerns in Computer Security and Privacy Research Involving Human Subjects. In: Sion, R., et al. Financial Cryptography and Data Security. FC 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6054. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14992-4_23

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