@InProceedings{volk2022chiea, author = {Vera Volk AND Sarah Prange AND Florian Alt}, booktitle = {{Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}}, title = {{PriCheck -- An Online Privacy Assistant for Smart Device Purchases}}, year = {2022}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, note = {volk2022chiea}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, series = {CHI EA ’22}, abstract = {In this paper, we present PriCheck, a browser extension that provides privacy-relevant information about smart devices (e.g., in an online shop). This information is oftentimes hidden, difficult to access, and, thus, often neglected when buying a new device. With PriCheck, we enable users to make informed purchase decisions. We conducted an exploratory study using the browser extension in a simplified (mock) online shop for smart devices. Participants chose devices with and without using the extension. We found that participants (N = 11) appreciated the usability and available information of PriCheck, helping them with informed decisions for privacy-preserving products. We hope our work will stimulate further discussion on how to make privacy information for novel products available, understandable, and easy to access for users.}, doi = {10.1145/3491101.3519827}, isbn = {9781450367080}, location = {New Orleans, LA, USA}, poster = {volk2022chiea}, talk = {volk2022chiea}, timestamp = {2022.05.02}, url = {http://florian-alt.org/unibw/wp-content/publications/volk2022chiea.pdf}, video = {volk2022chiea}, }