论文标题
“我感到被入侵，烦恼，焦虑，我可能会保护自己”：个人对在线跟踪及其在性别和国家的保护行为的感受
"I feel invaded, annoyed, anxious and I may protect myself": Individuals' Feelings about Online Tracking and their Protective Behaviour across Gender and Country
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论文摘要
在线跟踪是互联网用户的主要问题，但以前的研究尚未发现对跟踪和保护行动的认知理解之间的明确联系。我们假设保护行为遵循对跟踪的情感评估。我们进行了一项在线研究，在英国，德国和法国的N = 614名参与者中，调查了用户对第三方跟踪的感觉以及他们采取的保护行动。我们发现，大多数参与者对跟踪的感觉都是负面的，被描述为深深的侵入性 - 超出信息领域的侵入性，包括烦恼和焦虑的感觉，可以预测保护性行动。我们还观察到了“隐私性别差距”的迹象，在这种情况下，女性对跟踪的感觉更加负面，但与男性相比，采取保护行动的可能性较小。与德国和法国的人相比，英国人较少的人报告了负面情绪和保护行动。本文洞悉了对隐私威胁的情感评估及其如何预测保护行为。它还提供了有关这些发现对各种利益相关者的含义的讨论，为将来的工作提出建议和概述途径。
Online tracking is a primary concern for Internet users, yet previous research has not found a clear link between the cognitive understanding of tracking and protective actions. We postulate that protective behaviour follows affective evaluation of tracking. We conducted an online study, with N=614 participants, across the UK, Germany and France, to investigate how users feel about third-party tracking and what protective actions they take. We found that most participants' feelings about tracking were negative, described as deeply intrusive - beyond the informational sphere, including feelings of annoyance and anxiety, that predict protective actions. We also observed indications of a `privacy gender gap', where women feel more negatively about tracking, yet are less likely to take protective actions, compared to men. And less UK individuals report negative feelings and protective actions, compared to those from Germany and France. This paper contributes insights into the affective evaluation of privacy threats and how it predicts protective behaviour. It also provides a discussion on the implications of these findings for various stakeholders, make recommendations and outline avenues for future work.
