STUDENT PROJECT

Protect Your Cookies in a Physical Way (2024)

Description

This research addresses ways to improving trust and privacy through data physicalization based on cookies from the site your on by employing a physical attention grabber device that interacts with the user that does not become repetitive, annoying,and familiar to inform them if a site is at risk of breaching their private information. The importance of informing and notifying users of the reality of fake sites (phishing), is keeping them notified in a physical way that uses one or more multiple stimuli.People don't know what it means when they press accept all cookies that could lead to breach of private information that could lead to identity theft and credit fraud.This work benefits a very wide range from young to old.Since people use computers and put their private information in sites they use in their everyday life like google/internet browsers,Email/means of communications they need to a better system in place to secure their private information and be able to detect a breach in their information at a moments notice in a physical way.It also contributes to Human-Computer Interaction(HCI) because of the connection it is to the physical realm and how people interact to this. It is usable any where that has a computer or type of monitor that contains any private information that you don't want to be susceptible to a breach from a 3rd party . findings show that many people are not aware that cookies contains their information and can be leaked and that people need a interactive type of notification.