Verena Zimmermann
Biographic Data
| ID | 6926486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Verena Zimmermann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Verena |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimmermann |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMMERMANN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6873-8146 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Choose to think
Downloading apps can pose significant privacy risks to users. While users are aware that their data is privacy-sensitive, they often do not read the privacy information provided. To support informed privacy decisions at the app download stage, we evaluated a two-stage nudge intervention in our scenario-based online study with 209 German-speaking Clickworker participants. In Stage 1, we examined whether nudges (color, reminder, social minority, so…
Friend or phisher
Phishers exploit the social nature of social media, thereby targeting young adults, who are highly susceptible to phishing. This study focuses on two under-researched factors influencing young adults’ susceptibility to social media phishing: the user’s relation to the message sender and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). In an online vignette study, 193 young adults were presented with Instagram chat messages from either known or unknown senders, accomp…
Smart cities as a testbed for experimenting with humans? - Applying psychological ethical guidelines to smart city interventions
Smart Cities consist of a multitude of interconnected devices and services to, among others, enhance efficiency, comfort, and safety. To achieve these aims, smart cities rely on an interplay of measures including the deployment of interventions targeted to foster certain human behaviors, such as saving energy, or collecting and exchanging sensor and user data. Both aspects have ethical implications, e.g., when it comes to intervention design or t…
Hybrid password meters for more secure passwords – a comprehensive study of password meters including nudges and password information
Supporting users with secure password creation is a well-explored yet unresolved research topic. A promising intervention is the password meter, i.e. providing feedback on the user's password strength as and when it is created. However, findings related to the password meter's effectiveness are varied. An extensive literature review revealed that, besides password feedback, effective password meters often include: (a) feedback nudges to encourage…
Exploring cybersecurity-related emotions and finding that they are challenging to measure
This paper reports on a three-part investigation into people’s perceptions of cybersecurity, based on their lived experiences. We sought thereby to reveal issues located within the Johari grid’s “Blind Spot” quadrant. We utilized research methodologies from both the Arts and Science in order firstly to identify blind spot issues, and secondly to explore their dimensions. Our investigation confirmed a number of aspects that we were indeed aware of…
The password is dead, long live the password – A laboratory study on user perceptions of authentication schemes
Nudging folks towards stronger password choices
Persuading people to choose strong passwords is challenging. One way to influence password strength, as and when people are making the choice, is to tweak the choice architecture to encourage stronger choice. A variety of choice architecture manipulations (i.e. ‘nudges’) have been trialled by researchers with a view to strengthening the overall password profile. None has made much of a difference so far. Here, we report on our design of an influe…
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Nudging folks towards stronger password choices
Persuading people to choose strong passwords is challenging. One way to influence password strength, as and when people are making the choice, is to tweak the choice architecture to encourage stronger choice. A variety of choice architecture manipulations (i.e. ‘nudges’) have been trialled by researchers with a view to strengthening the overall password profile. None has made much of a difference so far. Here, we report on our design of an influe…
The password is dead, long live the password – A laboratory study on user perceptions of authentication schemes
Exploring cybersecurity-related emotions and finding that they are challenging to measure
This paper reports on a three-part investigation into people’s perceptions of cybersecurity, based on their lived experiences. We sought thereby to reveal issues located within the Johari grid’s “Blind Spot” quadrant. We utilized research methodologies from both the Arts and Science in order firstly to identify blind spot issues, and secondly to explore their dimensions. Our investigation confirmed a number of aspects that we were indeed aware of…
Smart cities as a testbed for experimenting with humans? - Applying psychological ethical guidelines to smart city interventions
Smart Cities consist of a multitude of interconnected devices and services to, among others, enhance efficiency, comfort, and safety. To achieve these aims, smart cities rely on an interplay of measures including the deployment of interventions targeted to foster certain human behaviors, such as saving energy, or collecting and exchanging sensor and user data. Both aspects have ethical implications, e.g., when it comes to intervention design or t…
Hybrid password meters for more secure passwords – a comprehensive study of password meters including nudges and password information
Supporting users with secure password creation is a well-explored yet unresolved research topic. A promising intervention is the password meter, i.e. providing feedback on the user's password strength as and when it is created. However, findings related to the password meter's effectiveness are varied. An extensive literature review revealed that, besides password feedback, effective password meters often include: (a) feedback nudges to encourage…
Friend or phisher
Phishers exploit the social nature of social media, thereby targeting young adults, who are highly susceptible to phishing. This study focuses on two under-researched factors influencing young adults’ susceptibility to social media phishing: the user’s relation to the message sender and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). In an online vignette study, 193 young adults were presented with Instagram chat messages from either known or unknown senders, accomp…
Choose to think
Downloading apps can pose significant privacy risks to users. While users are aware that their data is privacy-sensitive, they often do not read the privacy information provided. To support informed privacy decisions at the app download stage, we evaluated a two-stage nudge intervention in our scenario-based online study with 209 German-speaking Clickworker participants. In Stage 1, we examined whether nudges (color, reminder, social minority, so…
Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer security (5 works) · Internet privacy (5 works) · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · User Authentication and Security Systems (4 works) · Cognitive password (3 works) · Digital Mental Health Interventions (3 works) · Nudge theory (3 works)