The Future of Privacy Forum highlights notable privacy research from the first half of 2018 on topics such as the internet of things and smart homes, advertising technology, and mobile data. Notable works include a study conducted by Princeton University researchers who conducted interviews with smart-home owners to examine “privacy awareness, concerns, and behaviors,” a paper from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on “device fingerprinting” in the mobile environment, and research from Harvard Business School on why ad transparency impacts the effectiveness of online ads.
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