Challenges in Universally Usable Privacy and Security

Harry Hochheiser, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Jonathan K. Lazar · 2008

Accessibility concerns compound the already-considerable difficulties of building systems that provide usable privacy and security. In addition to facing common concerns regarding the semantics of privacy and security tools, people with disabilities face accessibility obstacles, such as the inaccessibility of CAPTCHAs, phishing toolbars, verification images, and other displays that rely upon visual presentation of security and privacy-related information. An analysis of the security and privacy challenges facing users with disabilities can serve as the basis for a research agenda.

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