Are users’ preferences about privacy relevant?

It is a well-documented fact that many users are willing to share information on social media and other platforms, also when it compromises their privacy.

People do not understand the risks nor the consequences of sharing information on the Internet. Design of privacy in human-computer interfaces therefore suffers from an inherent problem: We cannot base privacy-design on asking questions from users related to user-interfaces.

Full article: Are users’ preferences about privacy relevant? – UX Collective