Habiba Farzand
Email: habiba.farzand@glasgow.ac.uk
Research title: Understanding Shoulder Surfing & Informing the Design of Protection Methods
Research Summary
My research interests revolve around the intersection of HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and Usable Security & Privacy. My research aims at exploring, understanding, and mitigating shoulder surfing - a privacy invasion found all around us.
Publications
2024
Khamis, M. , Panskus, R., Farzand, H., Mumm, M., Macdonald, S. and Marky, K. (2024) Perspectives on DeepFakes for Privacy: Comparing Perceptions of Photo Owners and Obfuscated Individuals towards DeepFake Versus Traditional Privacy-Enhancing Obfuscation. In: 23rd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2024), Stockholm, Sweden, 01-04 Dec 2024, (Accepted for Publication)
Farzand, H., Abraham, M., Brewster, S. , Khamis, M. and Marky, K. (2024) A systematic deconstruction of human-centric privacy & security threats on mobile phones. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, (doi: 10.1080/10447318.2024.2361519) (Early Online Publication)
Farzand, H., Al Baiaty Suarez, D., Goodge, T. , Macdonald, S. A. , Marky, K., Khamis, M. and Cairns, P. (2024) Beyond Aesthetics: Evaluating Response Widgets for Reliability & Construct Validity of Scale Questionnaires. In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA, 11-16 May 2024, p. 55. ISBN 9798400703317 (doi: 10.1145/3613905.3650751)
Farzand, H., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2024) Out-of-Device Privacy Unveiled: Designing and Validating the Out-of-Device Privacy Scale (ODPS). In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA, 11-16 May 2024, ISBN 9798400703300 (doi: 10.1145/3613904.3642623)
2023
Gentile, V., Farzand, H., Bonaccorso, S., Rocchesso, D., Malizia, A., Khamis, M. and Sorce, S. (2023) User-Centered Evaluation of Different Configurations of a Touchless Gestural Interface for Interactive Displays. In: INTERACT 2023: 19th International Conference of Technical Committee 13 (Human- Computer Interaction) of IFIP, York, UK, 28 Aug - 01 Sep 2023, pp. 501-520. ISBN 9783031422799 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42280-5_32)
Macdonald, S. A. , Farzand, H., Alotaibi, N. , Islam, M. S. and Khamis, M. (2023) Change Policy or Users? Mitigating the Security Risks of Thermal Attacks. In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023,
2022
Farzand, H., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2022) Shoulder Surfing through the Social Lens: A Longitudinal Investigation & Insights from an Exploratory Diary Study. In: European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, 29-30 September 2022, pp. 85-97. ISBN 9781450397001 (doi: 10.1145/3549015.3554211)
Farzand, H., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2022) "I Hate When People Do This; There's a Lot of Sensitive Content for Me": A Typology of Perceived Privacy-Sensitive Content in Shoulder Surfing Scenarios. In: Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022), Boston, MA, USA, 07-09 Aug 2022,
Khamis, M. , Farzand, H., Mumm, M. and Marky, K. (2022) DeepFakes for Privacy: Investigating Perceptions and Effectiveness of State-of-the-Art Privacy-Enhancing Face Obfuscation Methods. In: 2022 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022), Rome, Italy, 06-10 Jun 2022, p. 21. ISBN 9781450397193 (doi: 10.1145/3531073.3531125)
Farzand, H., Mathis, F., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2022) Trust and Privacy Expectations during Perilous Times of Contact Tracing. In: Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) Symposium 2022, San Diego, California, United States, 24-28 April 2022, ISBN 9781891562792 (doi: 10.14722/usec.2022.23015)
2021
Farzand, H., Bhardwaj, K., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2021) The Interplay between Personal Relationships & Shoulder Surfing Mitigation. In: Mensch und Computer 2021, Ingolstadt, Germany, 05-08 Sep 2021, pp. 338-343. ISBN 9781450386456 (doi: 10.1145/3473856.3474006)
Articles
Farzand, H., Abraham, M., Brewster, S. , Khamis, M. and Marky, K. (2024) A systematic deconstruction of human-centric privacy & security threats on mobile phones. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, (doi: 10.1080/10447318.2024.2361519) (Early Online Publication)
Conference Proceedings
Khamis, M. , Panskus, R., Farzand, H., Mumm, M., Macdonald, S. and Marky, K. (2024) Perspectives on DeepFakes for Privacy: Comparing Perceptions of Photo Owners and Obfuscated Individuals towards DeepFake Versus Traditional Privacy-Enhancing Obfuscation. In: 23rd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2024), Stockholm, Sweden, 01-04 Dec 2024, (Accepted for Publication)
Farzand, H., Al Baiaty Suarez, D., Goodge, T. , Macdonald, S. A. , Marky, K., Khamis, M. and Cairns, P. (2024) Beyond Aesthetics: Evaluating Response Widgets for Reliability & Construct Validity of Scale Questionnaires. In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA, 11-16 May 2024, p. 55. ISBN 9798400703317 (doi: 10.1145/3613905.3650751)
Farzand, H., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2024) Out-of-Device Privacy Unveiled: Designing and Validating the Out-of-Device Privacy Scale (ODPS). In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA, 11-16 May 2024, ISBN 9798400703300 (doi: 10.1145/3613904.3642623)
Gentile, V., Farzand, H., Bonaccorso, S., Rocchesso, D., Malizia, A., Khamis, M. and Sorce, S. (2023) User-Centered Evaluation of Different Configurations of a Touchless Gestural Interface for Interactive Displays. In: INTERACT 2023: 19th International Conference of Technical Committee 13 (Human- Computer Interaction) of IFIP, York, UK, 28 Aug - 01 Sep 2023, pp. 501-520. ISBN 9783031422799 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42280-5_32)
Macdonald, S. A. , Farzand, H., Alotaibi, N. , Islam, M. S. and Khamis, M. (2023) Change Policy or Users? Mitigating the Security Risks of Thermal Attacks. In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023,
Farzand, H., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2022) Shoulder Surfing through the Social Lens: A Longitudinal Investigation & Insights from an Exploratory Diary Study. In: European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, 29-30 September 2022, pp. 85-97. ISBN 9781450397001 (doi: 10.1145/3549015.3554211)
Farzand, H., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2022) "I Hate When People Do This; There's a Lot of Sensitive Content for Me": A Typology of Perceived Privacy-Sensitive Content in Shoulder Surfing Scenarios. In: Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022), Boston, MA, USA, 07-09 Aug 2022,
Khamis, M. , Farzand, H., Mumm, M. and Marky, K. (2022) DeepFakes for Privacy: Investigating Perceptions and Effectiveness of State-of-the-Art Privacy-Enhancing Face Obfuscation Methods. In: 2022 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022), Rome, Italy, 06-10 Jun 2022, p. 21. ISBN 9781450397193 (doi: 10.1145/3531073.3531125)
Farzand, H., Mathis, F., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2022) Trust and Privacy Expectations during Perilous Times of Contact Tracing. In: Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) Symposium 2022, San Diego, California, United States, 24-28 April 2022, ISBN 9781891562792 (doi: 10.14722/usec.2022.23015)
Farzand, H., Bhardwaj, K., Marky, K. and Khamis, M. (2021) The Interplay between Personal Relationships & Shoulder Surfing Mitigation. In: Mensch und Computer 2021, Ingolstadt, Germany, 05-08 Sep 2021, pp. 338-343. ISBN 9781450386456 (doi: 10.1145/3473856.3474006)