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5 Overarching Challenges to Advancing Research in Usability, Security, and Privacy
Pages 37-40

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... Interestingly, usability practitioners tended to stress security issues, and security practitioners tended to stress usability issues. Adding "privacy" to the mix complicated matters still further, as definitions of privacy were frequently based on personal philosophies and experience, perhaps reflecting the deeply personal way in which many individuals approach privacy issues.
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... Agreeing to a common defini­ tion or term that was inclusive of the concept of privacy proved challeng ­ ing throughout the workshop. LIMITED ACCESS TO DATA Several workshop participants cited the need for more and better empirical data and commented on the difficulties that they faced in gain ­ ing access to such data.
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... . Another conse ­ quence pointed out by workshop participants is that valuable resources may be spent re­researching questions that are already well understood.
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