Intuitive Privacy from Acoustic Reach: A Case for Networked Voice User-Interfaces

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A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa

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2021-11

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en

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Proceedings of the 1st ISCA Symposium on Security and Privacy in Speech Communication

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The effect that advances in voice interface technologies have on privacy has not yet received the attention it deserves. Systems in which multiple devices collaborate to provide a unified user-interface amplify those worries about privacy. We discuss ethical implications of voice enabled devices on privacy in typical scenarios at home, office, in a car and in the public. From our findings, it follows that the reach of voice can be exploited as a feature to intuitively define the extent of privacy. In particular, the acoustic reach of speech signals can serve as a feature for designing privacy-gentle voice user-interfaces which are intuitive to use. We argue that this approach poses reasonable technological requirements and establishes a natural experience of privacy which confirms intuitive perception.

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Bäckström, T, Das, S, Perez Zarazaga, P, Fischer, J, Findling, R, Sigg, S & Nguyen, L 2021, Intuitive Privacy from Acoustic Reach: A Case for Networked Voice User-Interfaces . in Proceedings of the 1st ISCA Symposium on Security and Privacy in Speech Communication . International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), ISCA Symposium on Security and Privacy in Speech Communication, Virtual, Online, 10/11/2021 . https://doi.org/10.21437/SPSC.2021-12