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Current legal frameworks enforce that Android developers accurately report the data their apps collect. However, large codebases can make this reporting challenging. This paper employs an empirical approach to understand developers'…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Mugdha Khedkar , Michael Schlichtig , Mohamed Soliman , Eric Bodden

To investigate the level of support and awareness developers possess for dealing with sensitive data in the metaverse, we surveyed developers, consulted legal frameworks, and analyzed API documentation in the metaverse. Our preliminary…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Argianto Rahartomo , Leonel Merino , Mohammad Ghafari , Yoshiki Ohshima

With the increase in the number of privacy regulations, small development teams are forced to make privacy decisions on their own. In this paper, we conduct a mixed-method survey study, including statistical and qualitative analysis, to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Maxwell Prybylo , Sara Haghighi , Sai Teja Peddinti , Sepideh Ghanavati

Prior research has shown that cryptography is hard to use for developers. We aim to understand what cryptography issues developers face in practice. We clustered 91954 cryptography-related questions on the Stack Overflow website, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Mohammadreza Hazhirpasand , Oscar Nierstrasz , Mohammadhossein Shabani , Mohammad Ghafari

In open-source software (OSS), software vulnerabilities have significantly increased. Although researchers have investigated the perspectives of vulnerability reporters and OSS contributor security practices, understanding the perspectives…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Jessy Ayala , Yu-Jye Tung , Joshua Garcia

The online privacy and security of the disabled community is a complex field that has implications for every user who navigates web services. While many disciplines have separately researched the disabled population and their online privacy…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Alisa Zezulak , Faiza Tazi , Sanchari Das

Developers use different means to document the security concerns of their code. Because of all of these opportunities, they may forget where the information is stored, or others may not be aware of it, and leave it unmaintained for so long…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Moritz Mock , Thomas Forrer , Barbara Russo

Over the last two decades, the scale and complexity of Anonymous networks and its associated technologies grows exponentially as privacy has become a major concern of individuals. Also, some cyber attackers make use of privacy…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-18 Tian Yunfan , Zhang Xiang

Massive content about user's social, personal and professional life stored on Online Social Networks (OSNs) has attracted not only the attention of researchers and social analysts but also the cyber criminals. These cyber criminals…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-03-26 Mudasir Ahmad Wani , Suraiya Jabin , Ghulam Yazdani , Nehaluddin Ahmadd

Security and privacy are often neglected in software development, and rarely a priority for developers. This insight is commonly based on research conducted by researchers and on developer populations living and working in the United…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Dilara Keküllüoğlu , Yasemin Acar

Java platform and third-party libraries provide various security features to facilitate secure coding. However, misusing these features can cost tremendous time and effort of developers or cause security vulnerabilities in software. Prior…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-09-29 Na Meng , Stefan Nagy , Daphne Yao , Wenjie Zhuang , Gustavo Arango Argoty

Users disclose ever-increasing amounts of personal data on Social Network Service platforms (SNS). Unless SNSs' policies are privacy friendly, this leaves them vulnerable to privacy risks because they ignore the privacy policies. Designers…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Jana Korunovska , Bernadette Kamleitner , Sarah Spiekermann

Given programming languages can provide different types and levels of security support, it is critically important to consider security aspects while selecting programming languages for developing software systems. Inadequate consideration…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Roland Croft , Yongzheng Xie , Mansooreh Zahedi , M. Ali Babar , Christoph Treude

Ensuring equitable privacy experiences remains a challenge, especially for marginalised and vulnerable populations (MVPs) who often hesitate to participate or use digital services due to concerns about the privacy of their sensitive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Kopo M. Ramokapane , Lizzie Coles-Kemp , Nikhil Patnaik , Rui Huan , Nirav Ajmeri , Genevieve Liveley , Awais Rashid

Software privacy provides the ability to limit data access to unauthorized parties. Privacy is achieved through different means, such as implementing GDPR into software applications. However, previous research revealed that the lack of poor…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Abdulrahman Hassan Alhazmi , Mumtaz Abdul Hameed , Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage

With generative AI becoming widespread, the existence of AI-based programming assistants for developers is no surprise. Developers increasingly use them for their work, including generating code to fulfil the data protection requirements…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Kashumi Madampe , John Grundy , Nalin Arachchilage

Typical users are known to use and reuse weak passwords. Yet, as cybersecurity concerns continue to rise, understanding the password practices of software developers becomes increasingly important. In this work, we examine developers'…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Nikolaos Lykousas , Constantinos Patsakis

In the current technology environment, users are often in a vulnerable position when it comes to protecting their privacy. Previous efforts to promote privacy protection have largely focused on top-down approaches such as regulation and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Varun Shiri , Maggie Xiong , Jin L. C. Guo , Jinghui Cheng

Centralized social networks have experienced a transformative impact on our digital era communication, connection, and information-sharing information. However, it has also raised significant concerns regarding users' privacy and individual…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Quang Cao , Katerina Vgena , Aikaterini-Georgia Mavroeidi , Christos Kalloniatis , Xun Yi , Son Hoang Dau

Real-time, online-editing web apps provide free and convenient services for collaboratively editing, sharing and storing files. The benefits of these web applications do not come for free: not only do service providers have full access to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Yihao Hu , Ari Trachtenberg , Prakash Ishwar