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Does the Presence of Privacy Relevant Information Affect App Market Choice?

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CHI EA '20: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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While in most countries, Google Play and Apple App Store dominate, Chinese mobile phone users can choose among dozens of different app markets, which differ greatly in the information presented. This makes the Chinese mobile ecosystem a unique case study for investigating whether users actively choose app markets that conform to their preferences. We investigated this question in a survey of 200 Chinese users aged 18-49. Scenarios covered apps that require disclosure of different types of sensitive information (shopping, dating, health), with gaming as a baseline. Users preferred markets that were easy to use and had a wide choice of apps. Only nine users highlighted security as a feature. Despite this, they primarily used only one app market - the pre-installed one. App-market specific features were important for the game scenario, but less important for all others. We suggest that download decisions for most apps are made before users enter an app market, and discuss implications for presenting privacy and security information.

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Does the Presence of Privacy Relevant Information Affect App Market Choice?
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Ubiquitous and mobile computing
2. Security and privacy
  1. Human and societal aspects of security and privacy

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April 2020

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DOI:10.1145/3334480

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Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
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Monash University, Australia
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Newcastle University, UK
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RMIT, Australia
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University of British Columbia, Canada
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Grenoble Alpes University, France
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Future University Hakodate, Japan & De La Salle University, Philippines
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University of Washington, USA

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