@MASTERSTHESIS\{IMM2007-05485,
    author       = "T. M. Ilieva",
    title        = "Managing Privacy, Security and Sharing Settings through a Statements based Interface",
    year         = "2007",
    school       = "Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, {DTU}",
    address      = "Richard Petersens Plads, Building 321, {DK-}2800 Kgs. Lyngby",
    type         = "",
    note         = "Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Nette Schultz, {IMM,} {DTU}.",
    url          = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/5485-full.html",
    abstract     = "With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, the number of devices, which are surrounding a person, is expected to increase. This requires that new solutions for profile management, which will assist the user in configuring these devices, need to be considered. The goal of the project has been to design an application for profile management in a network of devices, which can communicate with each other, through a statements based interface. The application is intended to be primarily used on mobile devices. A new concept – statements is presented in the project. Statements are used for managing settings of devices, including privacy, security and sharing settings, when the user is doing different activities.

The design process of the application has focused on user-centered design and using interaction design and creativity methods. The process has been iterative and it has involved conducting different user sessions for identifying user needs, development of low-fidelity paper-based prototypes and a hi-fidelity electronic prototype, as well as evaluations of the prototypes. Ethical and social issues related to using the designed application are also investigated.

The main result of the project is the development of an interactive hi-fidelity electronic prototype, implemented in Flash, which represents the concept of using statements for managing settings in different situations. This prototype has functionalities, which provide the user with an easy and quick way to configure settings when the user’s activity changes. Based on the results of the evaluations, it is concluded that the application is useful and can help the user in managing his/her devices, as well as it provides good user experience and usability."
}