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Obfuscating event location on map
If your mapping framework provides the feature, highlighting a "suburb" might be appropriate for your use case. Of course the actual size of what is considered a suburb varies widely from region to ...
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Obfuscating event location on map
I would not use the map as a user interface when the address is still private information. Because, the map is used to represent precise locations at some level you will always run into the issue of ...
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Aesthetic way to hide ones face
Have a default face to put instead of the 'blurred' person.
That way you could have actual faces, thus leaving the overall visual of the image, whereas a blur or pixelation would make it more ...
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Obfuscating event location on map
Another option, not sure if you've considered this: Ask the person setting up the event for a nearby public landmark (library, shopping center, etc.). Then use that location. That saves you from ...
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How to handle rejected Terms and Conditions?
Whenever your TOS change, you should show them whenever the app starts. Here's a simple mockup:
The user must click on the "Proceed" button to continue using the app. This button is enabled only if ...
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Obfuscating event location on map
Your idea sounds like a reasonable solution.
I would, however, ensure that this offset is not just randomly generated every time the map loads... With enough randomly-generated offsets, it would be ...
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What's the reason behind not notifying users that they entered a wrong email when they recover their password?
First, I thought they try to prevent attackers from randomly guessing email addresses and checking whether they are registered or not. Imagine you know that Donald.Trump@yahoo.com is registered to, e....
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Obfuscating event location on map
Use the postal codes and corresponding area locations. It's an already implemented obfuscation/aggregation system adjusted for population density.
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Aesthetic way to hide ones face
Well, here are some of the common methods:
Are any of those aesthetic? Well, we are dealing with Trump. So we could argue they are all improvements. But, ultimately, no. None of these types of ...
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What's the reason behind not notifying users that they entered a wrong email when they recover their password?
You don't want anyone knowing even that someone has an account.
If a malicious actor is searching for info on someone, it could be potentially damaging just knowing that someone even has an account / ...
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Aesthetic way to hide ones face
A Gaussian blur is definitely soft and appealing as a form of censorship. As far as straight up censorship goes, it's the least invasive and least harmful.
For better alternatives to blatant ...
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Obfuscating event location on map
If you limit the zoom and use a fairly large blob rather than a pin marker, this has a natural feel of low precision. Here's a mockup:
Only major roads are shown but you can still see which side of ...
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Obfuscating event location on map
You obviously cannot just take your precise loction and cover it with a blurb of grey; it still pinpoints right to the destination.
What you can (easily) do, though, is pick the next city, point out ...
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usability testing with sensitive and private information
We work in mobile and have developed apps for the NHS and other healthcare clients. Clearly the patient's details and medical information is of a private and sensitive nature.
The way we have tackled ...
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The "Hey Google" interaction - Dark UX Pattern?
2) Can this be termed as dark UX?
Short Answer: No.
Why?
Because Dark Pattern is a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with ...
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Aesthetic way to hide ones face
Chop them off at the neck, like they do on netaporter (would work on a fashion sales site)
Create a mask to put over every face, like in Being John Malkovich (would work on a film review site)
You ...
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Would users understand splitting an Android app's functionality by permission?
Installing 4 apps to do 1 thing is bad UX
App Overload is a real thing and people are more hesitant to put things on their phone in general. If you require multiple app downloads before the user can ...
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UX implications - EU General Data Protection Regulation
I was reading through the regulation itself and opinions on it. I was thinking that by the end of my inquiry I can come up with UX guidelines. Nope, did not happened.
Here's are my takeaways:
You ...
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UX implications - EU General Data Protection Regulation
Here are two great starting points on GDPR, UX & Marketing that i have found helpful myself:
GDPR: 10 examples of best practice UX for obtaining marketing consent
This article contains key UX ...
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Identity and abuse in software build around anonymity
Those verification methods are common and could be viable, but the underlying app may have conceptual problems.
There's a lot to unpack here, so bear with me.
For starters, it sounds like users ...
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Should I hide the details of banned users?
It all depends upon what you are trying to achieve.
If it's simply to prevent the user taking actions (such as posting in a forum), it seems overkill to destroy everything they've ever done and ...
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Would users understand splitting an Android app's functionality by permission?
If considering Multiple apps for permissions then optimise structure for realistic User concerns.
Any reasonable* user that permits "INTERNET" access to an app will also permit "ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"...
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Redacting and combining ID cards (college ID, passport, license, 4 H club)
Considering the context of use and the user story, there must be a quick to deploy, yet routinely and robustly secure display of data.
A scene based approach would conceptually strongest UX. e.g. ...
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Best way to verify a user for a dating app?
Log in (via social or generic sign up) and verification can be two separate thing. Some dating website/app offer generic sign up (username and password) to reduce the barrier of entry to on board user....
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Obfuscating event location on map
If you internally divide the world space into a grid (say, 1x1 mile squares), then events can be classified as being inside some single square and whenever you render the map, you could just randomly ...
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How to prevent creation of multiple accounts under the same company?
Others have mentioned that there is no technical way to enforce this restriction 100%. People can be clever, people will find ways around this.
One approach would be to legally enforce this, by ...
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Allow users to create an account without email
You should first consider whether it's really necessary to register. E.g. many webshops allow ordering without registration (and in the case of digital content, users don't even need to enter an ...
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How to protect user privacy when conducting research on opening bank accounts?
For this scenario, if you truly can't rig up test accounts, I would suggest testing with high fidelity mockups/prototypes.
This could be as simple as taking screenshots on each page of the account ...
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Best practice for private key backup flow on mobile
If you use any kind of "cloud" distribution system (either something like Dropbox or your own servers), then good security policy would dictate that the private key should neither be transmitted nor ...
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GDPR banner accessibility - where should it be in the page tab order?
Yes it should be the first item that gains focus, even before 'skip links'. It is the only use case I can think of where 'logical tab order' does not apply.
To comply with GDPR you must alert users ...
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