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Spy device detectors fail users most reliant on them // This may potentially give a false sense of security to those most at risk such as domestic abuse survivors. (www.ucl.ac.uk)
submitted 4 days ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1356227/spy-device-detectors-fail-users-most-reliant-on-them-this-may-potentially-give-a-false-s

The study, presented at the USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), evaluated 19 widely available detectors using participants from a range of backgrounds to search for surveillance devices hidden in mock living rooms. The participants found the detectors were often difficult to operate and hard to interpret. As a result, they missed finding nearly 60% of hidden surveillance devices – only a slight improvement over participants using just their own eyes to search.

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[–] pageflight@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

Interesting read. HCI (human-computer interaction) turns out to still be very important.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Semi related, I had to turn off the unknown tracker detection on my phone because it would lose it's mind every time I took the train.