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Chameleon devices: investigating more secure and discreet mobile interactions via active camouflaging

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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:10 authored by Jennifer Pearson, Simon Robinson, Matt Jones, Anirudha Joshi, Shashank Ahire, Deepak Sahoo, Sriram Subramanian
Many users value the ability to have quick and frequent sight of their mobiles when in public settings. However, in doing so, they expose themselves to potential risks, ranging from being targets of robbery to the more subtle social losses through being seen to be rude or inattentive to those around them. In nature, some animals can blend into their environments to avoid being eaten or to reduce their impact on the ecosystem around them. Taking inspiration from these evolved systems we investigate the notion of chameleon approaches for mobile interaction design. Our probes were motivated, inspired and refined through extended interactions with people drawn from contexts with differing ranges of security and privacy concerns. Through deployments on users’ own devices, our prototypes show the value of the concept. The encouraging results motivate further research in materials and form factors that can provide more effective automatic plain-sight hiding.

Funding

Breaking the Glass: Mutlimodal, Malleable Interactive Mobile surfaces for Hands-In Interactions; G1803; EPSRC-ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL; EP/N013948/1

History

Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

CHI '17 Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Page range

5184-5196

Event name

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017)

Event location

Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA

Event type

conference

Event date

May 6-11, 2017

ISBN

9781450346559

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  • Informatics Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-05-08

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-05-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-05-08

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