Auflistung nach Schlagwort "smart homes"
- KonferenzbeitragDesign Considerations for Usable Authentication in Smart Homes(Mensch und Computer 2021 - Tagungsband, 2021) Prange, Sarah; George, Ceenu; Alt, FlorianSmart home devices are on the rise. To provide their rich variety of features, they collect, store and process a considerable amount of (potentially sensitive) user data. However, authentication mechanisms on such devices a) have limited usability or b) are nonexisting. To close this gap, we investigated, on one hand, users’ perspectives towards potential privacy and security risks as well as how they imagine usable authentication mechanisms in future smart homes. On the other hand, we considered security experts’ perspectives on authentication for smart homes. In particular, we conducted semi-structured interviews (N=20) with potential smart home users using the story completion method and a focus group with security experts (N=10). We found what kind of devices users would choose and why, potential challenges regarding privacy and security, and potential solutions. We discussed and verified these with security experts. We derive and reflect on a set of design implications for usable authentication mechanisms for smart homes and suggest directions for future research. Our work can assist designers and practitioners when implementing appropriate security mechanisms for smart homes.
- KonferenzbeitragUser Perceptions and Experiences with Smart Homes - The Smart Home as an Obedient Guard Dog, Disinterested Cat, Ambitious Octopus or Busy Beehive(Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2024, 2024) Schulz, Annika Sabrina; Youssef, Yara; Beruscha, Frank; Hornecker, EvaWe investigated people’s experience with living in shared smart homes, involving both smart home initiators and maintainers (primary users) as well as other inhabitants (secondary users). Through a cultural probe study with 35 participants from 16 shared homes and follow-up interviews with a subset, we gained insights into people’s understanding of smart home technology, their ideas for the future, their experiences with the technology, and how they relate to their smart home. Our findings highlight how the role taken (primary or secondary user) influences how smart homes are experienced and understood in everyday life, and how ’smartness’ is defined. The study further investigates how people describe their smart home ’as a living being’, yielding a wide range of animal metaphors, that reveal character traits that people associate with smart home technology.