Ruba Abu-Salma

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“Create an environment that protects women, rather than selling anxiety!”: Participatory Threat Modelling with Chinese Young Women Living Alone

As more young women in China live alone, they navigate entangled privacy, security, and safety (PSS) risks across smart homes, online platforms, and public infrastructures. Drawing on six participatory threat modeling (PTM) workshops (n = 33), we present a human-centered threat model that illustrates how digitally fac…

CHI '263rd AuthorGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +3

Privacy and Safety Experiences and Concerns of US Women Using Generative AI for Seeking Sexual and Reproductive Health Information

The rapid adoption of generative AI (GenAI) chatbots has reshaped access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information, particularly following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as individuals assigned female at birth increasingly turn to online sources. However, existing research remains largely model-centered, pa…

CHI '265th+ AuthorSmart Home Privacy & Security +2

Investigating Bystander Privacy in Chinese Smart Home Apps

Bystander privacy in smart homes has been widely studied in Western contexts, yet it remains underexplored in non-Western countries such as China. In this study, we analyze 49 Chinese smart home apps using a mixed-methods approach, including privacy policy review, UX/UI evaluation, and assessment of Apple App Store pr…

CHI '255th+ AuthorPrivacy by Design & User Control +2

Exploring the Privacy and Security Challenges Faced by Migrant Domestic Workers in Chinese Smart Homes

The growing use of smart home devices poses considerable privacy and security challenges, especially for individuals like migrant domestic workers (MDWs) who may be surveilled by their employers. This paper explores the privacy and security challenges experienced by MDWs in multi-user smart homes through in-depth semi…

CHI '24CorrespondingReproductive & Women's Health +2

Exploring Privacy Practices of Female mHealth Apps in a Post-Roe World

Mobile apps which support women’s health have developed rapidly alongside the increasing de-stigmatisation of female reproductive wellbeing. However, the ubiquity of these apps has advanced the practice of intimate surveillance and the commodification of sensitive user data. While the overturning of Roe v. Wade has pr…

CHI '232nd AuthorPrivacy by Design & User Control +1

Stuck in the Permissions With You: Developer & End-User Perspectives on App Permissions & Their Privacy Ramifications

While the literature on permissions from the end-user perspective is rich, there is a lack of empirical research on why developers request permissions, their conceptualization of permissions, and how their perspectives compare with end-users' perspectives. Our study aims to address these gaps using a mixed-methods app…

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