Computer security and user privacy are critical issues and concerns in the digital era due to both increasing users and threats to their data. Separate issues arise between generic cybersecurity guidance (i.e., protect all user data from malicious threats) and the individualistic approach of...

The utility of social networks is contingent on information sharing, which constrains privacy. Engaging in online social networks is seen to indicate that the participants either do not care about privacy, do not understand the risks of information sharing, or find privacy controls to be...

The mental models method is a mechanism for risk communication that was pioneered in environmental risk communication, and is being used to improve medical risk communication. This paper proposes that mental models as a method of risk communication can be used to improve communication to end...