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Safer Digital Intimacy For Sex Workers And Beyond: A Technical Research Agenda

Computers and Society 2024-03-20 v2
Authors: Vaughn Hamilton , Gabriel Kaptchuk , Allison McDonald , Elissa M. Redmiles
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Abstract

Many people engage in digital intimacy: sex workers, their clients, and people who create and share intimate content recreationally. With this intimacy comes significant security and privacy risk, exacerbated by stigma. In this article, we present a commercial digital intimacy threat model and 10 research directions for safer digital intimacy

Keywords

digital intimacy security privacy sex workers research agenda

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@article{arxiv.2403.10688,
  title  = {Safer Digital Intimacy For Sex Workers And Beyond: A Technical Research Agenda},
  author = {Vaughn Hamilton and Gabriel Kaptchuk and Allison McDonald and Elissa M. Redmiles},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.10688},
  year   = {2024}
}

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To appear in IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine

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