Title :
Application Transparency and Manipulation
Author :
Dahn, Andreas ; Cap, Clemens H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Abstract :
Most users do not understand why Web applications behave the way they do and what providers do with user data. Although some network-related aspects of application behavior will always be invisible to users, making applications more transparent will increase their utility and trustworthiness.
Keywords :
Web services; trusted computing; application behavior; application manipulation; application transparency; network-related aspects; Behavioral science; Economics; Filtering theory; Human computer interaction; Human factors; Information technology; Internet; Psychology; Search engines; Search methods; Software testing; Web services; Internet search; application manipulation; application transparency; human-centered computing; information filtering; software psychology;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2013.187
