Emily Swiatek

Still Creepy After All These Years: The Normalization of Affective Discomfort in App Use

It is not well understood why people continue to use privacy-invasive apps they consider creepy. We conducted a scenario-based study (n = 751) to investigate how the intention to use an app is influenced by affective perceptions and privacy concerns. We show that creepiness is one facet of \emph{affective discomfort},…