Do Results Generalize for Privacy and Security Surveys

Today, Jenny Tang, a Ph.D. student of societal computing at Carnegie Mellon University discusses her work on the generalization of privacy and security surveys on platforms such as Amazon MTurk and Prolific. Jenny shared the drawbacks of using such online platforms, the discrepancies observed about the samples drawn, and key insights from her results.

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Jenny Tang: Jenny Tang is a Societal Computing PhD student in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. She is affiliated with CyLab, the CMU Security and Privacy Institute where her research spans various areas of security and privacy for users. She holds double majors in Computer Science and Political Science from Wellesley College. Jenny is currently learning glassblowing and Russian (but not at the same time)!