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pith:OSMH7YNV

pith:2026:OSMH7YNVX3V6P65YAI6PTTDTE2

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Users' Activity Logs: the Good, the Bad, the Misconception, and the Disastrous

Eman Alashwali

Users perceive activity logs as offering security benefits alongside privacy risks, misconceptions, and potential for severe harm.

arxiv:2604.27676 v2 · 2026-04-30 · cs.HC

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C1strongest claim

Our findings uncover new themes and use cases, offering a balanced view of users' perceptions of activity logs, and provide a better understanding and a useful source for subsequent studies on related topics.

C2weakest assumption

That secondary analysis of interview data from 30 Google personal account holders in Saudi Arabia yields insights into user perceptions that are meaningful and useful beyond this specific sample and service.

C3one line summary

Secondary analysis of 30 Saudi Google users' interviews identifies balanced perceptions of activity logs, including benefits, concerns, misconceptions, and severe negative outcomes.

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First computed	2026-05-29T01:05:11.027032Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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Canonical hash

74987fe1b5beebe7fbb8023cf9cc732699b48d5d3f230e250fdd598881a17354

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arxiv: 2604.27676 · arxiv_version: 2604.27676v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.27676 · pith_short_12: OSMH7YNVX3V6 · pith_short_16: OSMH7YNVX3V6P65Y · pith_short_8: OSMH7YNV

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/OSMH7YNVX3V6P65YAI6PTTDTE2 \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: 74987fe1b5beebe7fbb8023cf9cc732699b48d5d3f230e250fdd598881a17354

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