Spy device detectors fail users most reliant on them
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Consumer detectors sold to help people find hidden surveillance devices are often too difficult for typical users to interpret, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1356227/spy-device-detectors-fail-users-most-reliant-on-them-this-may-potentially-give-a-false-s

The study, presented at the USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), evaluated 19 widely available detectors using participants from a range of backgrounds to search for surveillance devices hidden in mock living rooms. The participants found the detectors were often difficult to operate and hard to interpret. As a result, they missed finding nearly 60% of hidden surveillance devices – only a slight improvement over participants using just their own eyes to search.

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Semi related, I had to turn off the unknown tracker detection on my phone because it would lose it’s mind every time I took the train.