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CloakingNote:
A Novel Desktop Interface for Subtle Writing
Using Decoy Texts
Sehi L'Yi1 Kyle Koh1 Jaemin Jo1
Bohyoung Kim2 Jinwook Seo1
¹ Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
2 Division of Biomedical Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin-si, South Korea
Writing Personal Texts in Offices
2
Social Issues
X
1 new message
shlyi@hcil.snu.ac.kr
X
new messages arrived!
Colleague
Boss
Writing Personal Texts in Offices
3
Privacy Issues
Subtle Input Interaction Methods
Shoulder-Surfing Resistant Input Interfaces
Supporting Subtlety with
Deceptive Devices and Illusory
Interactions
- Anderson et al.
Nenya: Subtle and Eyes-free
Mobile Input with a Magnetically-
tracked Finger Ring
- Ashbrook et al.
Intimate Interfaces in Action:
Assessing the Usability and Subtlety
of EMG-based Motionless Gestures
- Costanza et al.
Using Fake Cursors to Secure
On-Screen Password Entry
- De Luca et al.
ColorPIN: Securing PIN Entry
through Indirect Input
- De Luca et al.
Vibrapass: Secure Authentication
Based on Shared Lies
- De Luca et al.
Writing performance is largely limited
by the use of gestural inputs
Suitable only for acquiring short inputs from users
such as passwords and PIN numbers
CloakingNote
Is my presentation going well?
A novel desktop interface for subtle writing
using decoy texts
Main Idea from Magic
• Misdirection*
6
* Kuhn et al. Misdirection in Magic: Implications for the Relationship Between Eye Gaze and Attention
➡ Misdirection from the previous slide
IMAGE - The Art of Misdirection
• Drawing audiences’ attention away from magicians’ tricks
CloakingNote
Is my presentation going well?
A novel desktop interface for subtle writing
CloakingNote
Is my presentation going well?
A novel desktop interface for subtle writing
using decoy texts
Decoy Text
Real Text
CloakingNote: A Novel Desktop Interface for Subtle Writing Using Decoy Texts
CloakingNote Design
10
Main Interface of CloakingNote
• Based on Design Guidelines
for Subtle Interfaces*
* Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions
• Simulation and Dissimulation
• Separating Cause and Effect
• Modularity
• User Customization
11
* Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions
Modularity
➡ Alter the appearance of
secret interaction to maintain
its subtlety
User Customization
➡ Let users customize it
according to their contexts
CloakingNote Supports
Various Configurations
for Real & Decoy Texts
Details are in our paper
Supporting Modularity & User Customization*
12
* Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions
Configuration window
for decoy text Configuration window
for real text
13
Supporting Modularity & User Customization*
* Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions
Supporting Modularity & User Customization*
14
* Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions
Configuring a decoy text
1. Choose a writing interface
2. Customize texts to make it suitable
for the interface
3. When start writing, the configuration
window becomes invisible
CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES
BY USERS
CloakingNote: A Novel Desktop Interface for Subtle Writing Using Decoy Texts
CloakingNote: A Novel Desktop Interface for Subtle Writing Using Decoy Texts
SUBTLETY TEST
Study Design
• Between-subject factor: Contrast
• 36 participants (12 female)
• Normal or corrected-to-
normal vision (20/25)
• no color-blindness
19
Participant
Actor
Contrast between the real text and its background
20
Real Text
Using
Low-contrast
(1.5:1)
Real Text
Using
Mid-contrast
(3:1)
Real Text
Using
High-contrast
(11:1)
Optimal Ratio for
Visual Acuity*
Minimum Ratio for
Proper Display Quality*
Lower Than The
Minimum Ratio
* Lin et al. Effects of Viewing Angle and Contrast Ratio on Visual Performance using TFT-LCD
* Snyder et al. Image Quality. In: M. Helander (Ed.), Handbook of Human–Computer Interaction.
Screen Layout In Subtlety Test
21
Procedure
• In each session (30 seconds)
• A participant entered a room and stand behind the actor’s right shoulder
• Carried out two tasks
1. Ask a question which was related to the decoy text
• e.g., “What are you writing about?”
2. Observe what the actor was doing
• Report to experimenter
• Repeated the session until the participant either 1) noticed what the actor
was really doing or 2) completed nine sessions
22
Results - Number of Participants Who Had Not Noticed
23
12
4
2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
low-
contrast
mid-
contrast
high-
contrast
#
of
Participants
Who
Had
Not
Found
➡ The results suggested that CloakingNote successfully
hides the content of secret writing as well as the use of
the interface itself
apple|
Difference between
key pressed and
input decoy letter
real_|
Huma|
Decoy text can
unnaturally stop in
the middle of the
word
I tried to compare
between key pressed
and the letter appear on
the screen, but it was
impossible .…
P25
How Finders Noticed The Use of CloakingNote
24
➡ Visual subtlety of the real text is much
more important!
How Finders Noticed The Use of CloakingNote
25
Just recognized the real text being rendered in an
unexpected place
16 out of 18
PERFORMANCE TEST
Study Design
1. Quantitative evaluation
1. Writing phrases using different contrast ratios
2. Qualitative evaluation
1. Using CloakingNote while in
shoulder-surfing risks
• 18 participants (six female)
27
Actor
(Only in Qualitative Evaluation)
Participant
Participant
Study Design - Quantitative Evaluation (First Session)
• Dependent variable
• Typing Speed: Character per second (CPS)
• Accuracy: Character error rate (CER) using Damerau-Levenshtein
distance
• Within-subjects factor
• Configure (low-, mid-, high-
contrast & baseline)
28
Screen Layout In Performance Test
29
video camera with a zoom lens
video camera with a zoom lens
Low-, Mid-, High-contrast
video camera with a zoom lens
video camera with a zoom lens
Baseline
• Writing a short essay (i.e., TOEFL writing topics) for five minutes
while an actor peeked over their shoulder
• For 10, 20, and 30 secs at the 0.5-, 1-, and 2-minute marks
• Before writing, participants freely
changed layout of on-screen
components
Procedure - Qualitative Evaluation (Second Session)
30
Actor
(Only in Qualitative Evaluation)
Participant
Results - Speed & Accuracy
➡ CloakingNote supports reasonable writing performance
compare to the use of gestural inputs
31
5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
low-
contrast
mid-
contrast
high-
contrast
baseline
Character
Per
Second
(CPS) *
*
<Typing Speed> <Accuracy>
USERS’ LAYOUT STRATEGY
Foreground-match Strategy
33
Background-match Strategy
34
35
Distractive Strategy
“I supposed that the
observer wouldn’t ever
noticed my [real text].”
P49
EXTENDING CLOAKINGNOTE
37
Extending CloakingNote - Subtle Video Watching
38
* De Luca et al. I Feel Like I'm Taking Selfies All Day!: Towards
Understanding Biometric Authentication on Smartphones
Extending CloakingNote - FaceUnlock
SUMMARY
1. We designed CloakingNote, a novel desktop interface for subtle
writing using decoy texts
2. User studies showed that CloakingNote was effective in hiding
the real text as well as the secret action and could be used with
reasonable writing performance
3. We categorized and discussed the users’ layout strategies and
introduced possible extensions of CloakingNote
39
Contact shlyi@hcil.snu.ac.kr
40
APPENDIX
APPENDIX: Knowledge Levels
41
• Diverse observation purposes in the real-world
1st - 3rd
sessions
4th - 6th
sessions
7th - 9th
sessions
Suspicion-knowledge level
• Look out for any suspicious activity
No-knowledge level
• Observe the actor without any knowledge
Awareness-knowledge level
• Look out for other activity than writing a text on a
word processor
APPENDIX: Accumulated Number of Finders
• Few participants (11%) identified the real text during the first three sessions
• 21 participants (58%) did not identify the real text in suspicion-knowledge level
• Five finders noticed the content of the real text
42
APPENDIX: Foreground-Match Strategy in Mobile
43

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CloakingNote: A Novel Desktop Interface for Subtle Writing Using Decoy Texts

  • 1. CloakingNote: A Novel Desktop Interface for Subtle Writing Using Decoy Texts Sehi L'Yi1 Kyle Koh1 Jaemin Jo1 Bohyoung Kim2 Jinwook Seo1 ¹ Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea 2 Division of Biomedical Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin-si, South Korea
  • 2. Writing Personal Texts in Offices 2 Social Issues X 1 new message [email protected] X new messages arrived! Colleague Boss
  • 3. Writing Personal Texts in Offices 3 Privacy Issues
  • 4. Subtle Input Interaction Methods Shoulder-Surfing Resistant Input Interfaces Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions - Anderson et al. Nenya: Subtle and Eyes-free Mobile Input with a Magnetically- tracked Finger Ring - Ashbrook et al. Intimate Interfaces in Action: Assessing the Usability and Subtlety of EMG-based Motionless Gestures - Costanza et al. Using Fake Cursors to Secure On-Screen Password Entry - De Luca et al. ColorPIN: Securing PIN Entry through Indirect Input - De Luca et al. Vibrapass: Secure Authentication Based on Shared Lies - De Luca et al. Writing performance is largely limited by the use of gestural inputs Suitable only for acquiring short inputs from users such as passwords and PIN numbers
  • 5. CloakingNote Is my presentation going well? A novel desktop interface for subtle writing using decoy texts
  • 6. Main Idea from Magic • Misdirection* 6 * Kuhn et al. Misdirection in Magic: Implications for the Relationship Between Eye Gaze and Attention ➡ Misdirection from the previous slide IMAGE - The Art of Misdirection • Drawing audiences’ attention away from magicians’ tricks
  • 7. CloakingNote Is my presentation going well? A novel desktop interface for subtle writing
  • 8. CloakingNote Is my presentation going well? A novel desktop interface for subtle writing using decoy texts Decoy Text Real Text
  • 10. CloakingNote Design 10 Main Interface of CloakingNote • Based on Design Guidelines for Subtle Interfaces* * Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions • Simulation and Dissimulation • Separating Cause and Effect • Modularity • User Customization
  • 11. 11 * Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions Modularity ➡ Alter the appearance of secret interaction to maintain its subtlety User Customization ➡ Let users customize it according to their contexts CloakingNote Supports Various Configurations for Real & Decoy Texts Details are in our paper
  • 12. Supporting Modularity & User Customization* 12 * Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions Configuration window for decoy text Configuration window for real text
  • 13. 13 Supporting Modularity & User Customization* * Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions
  • 14. Supporting Modularity & User Customization* 14 * Anderson et al. Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions Configuring a decoy text 1. Choose a writing interface 2. Customize texts to make it suitable for the interface 3. When start writing, the configuration window becomes invisible
  • 19. Study Design • Between-subject factor: Contrast • 36 participants (12 female) • Normal or corrected-to- normal vision (20/25) • no color-blindness 19 Participant Actor
  • 20. Contrast between the real text and its background 20 Real Text Using Low-contrast (1.5:1) Real Text Using Mid-contrast (3:1) Real Text Using High-contrast (11:1) Optimal Ratio for Visual Acuity* Minimum Ratio for Proper Display Quality* Lower Than The Minimum Ratio * Lin et al. Effects of Viewing Angle and Contrast Ratio on Visual Performance using TFT-LCD * Snyder et al. Image Quality. In: M. Helander (Ed.), Handbook of Human–Computer Interaction.
  • 21. Screen Layout In Subtlety Test 21
  • 22. Procedure • In each session (30 seconds) • A participant entered a room and stand behind the actor’s right shoulder • Carried out two tasks 1. Ask a question which was related to the decoy text • e.g., “What are you writing about?” 2. Observe what the actor was doing • Report to experimenter • Repeated the session until the participant either 1) noticed what the actor was really doing or 2) completed nine sessions 22
  • 23. Results - Number of Participants Who Had Not Noticed 23 12 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 low- contrast mid- contrast high- contrast # of Participants Who Had Not Found ➡ The results suggested that CloakingNote successfully hides the content of secret writing as well as the use of the interface itself
  • 24. apple| Difference between key pressed and input decoy letter real_| Huma| Decoy text can unnaturally stop in the middle of the word I tried to compare between key pressed and the letter appear on the screen, but it was impossible .… P25 How Finders Noticed The Use of CloakingNote 24
  • 25. ➡ Visual subtlety of the real text is much more important! How Finders Noticed The Use of CloakingNote 25 Just recognized the real text being rendered in an unexpected place 16 out of 18
  • 27. Study Design 1. Quantitative evaluation 1. Writing phrases using different contrast ratios 2. Qualitative evaluation 1. Using CloakingNote while in shoulder-surfing risks • 18 participants (six female) 27 Actor (Only in Qualitative Evaluation) Participant
  • 28. Participant Study Design - Quantitative Evaluation (First Session) • Dependent variable • Typing Speed: Character per second (CPS) • Accuracy: Character error rate (CER) using Damerau-Levenshtein distance • Within-subjects factor • Configure (low-, mid-, high- contrast & baseline) 28
  • 29. Screen Layout In Performance Test 29 video camera with a zoom lens video camera with a zoom lens Low-, Mid-, High-contrast video camera with a zoom lens video camera with a zoom lens Baseline
  • 30. • Writing a short essay (i.e., TOEFL writing topics) for five minutes while an actor peeked over their shoulder • For 10, 20, and 30 secs at the 0.5-, 1-, and 2-minute marks • Before writing, participants freely changed layout of on-screen components Procedure - Qualitative Evaluation (Second Session) 30 Actor (Only in Qualitative Evaluation) Participant
  • 31. Results - Speed & Accuracy ➡ CloakingNote supports reasonable writing performance compare to the use of gestural inputs 31 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 low- contrast mid- contrast high- contrast baseline Character Per Second (CPS) * * <Typing Speed> <Accuracy>
  • 35. 35 Distractive Strategy “I supposed that the observer wouldn’t ever noticed my [real text].” P49
  • 37. 37 Extending CloakingNote - Subtle Video Watching
  • 38. 38 * De Luca et al. I Feel Like I'm Taking Selfies All Day!: Towards Understanding Biometric Authentication on Smartphones Extending CloakingNote - FaceUnlock
  • 39. SUMMARY 1. We designed CloakingNote, a novel desktop interface for subtle writing using decoy texts 2. User studies showed that CloakingNote was effective in hiding the real text as well as the secret action and could be used with reasonable writing performance 3. We categorized and discussed the users’ layout strategies and introduced possible extensions of CloakingNote 39 Contact [email protected]
  • 41. APPENDIX: Knowledge Levels 41 • Diverse observation purposes in the real-world 1st - 3rd sessions 4th - 6th sessions 7th - 9th sessions Suspicion-knowledge level • Look out for any suspicious activity No-knowledge level • Observe the actor without any knowledge Awareness-knowledge level • Look out for other activity than writing a text on a word processor
  • 42. APPENDIX: Accumulated Number of Finders • Few participants (11%) identified the real text during the first three sessions • 21 participants (58%) did not identify the real text in suspicion-knowledge level • Five finders noticed the content of the real text 42