title: Do Smartphone Power Users Protect Mobile Privacy Better than Nonpower Users? Exploring Power Usage as a Factor in Mobile Privacy Protection and Disclosure.
abstract: This study examines how consumers' competence at using smartphone technology (i.e., power usage) affects their privacy protection behaviors. A survey conducted with smartphone users shows that power usage influences privacy protection behavior not only directly but also indirectly through privacy concerns and trust placed in mobile service providers. A follow-up experiment indicates that the effects of power usage on smartphone users' information management can be a function of content personalization. Users, high on power usage, are less likely to share personal information on personalized mobile sites, but they become more revealing when they interact with nonpersonalized mobile sites.
authors.affiliation: 1 The Center for the Connected Consumers, The George Washington University School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia.
authors.forename: Hyunjin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: 2 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore .
authors.forename: Wonsun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018907:Privacy; D000068997:Smartphone; D035502:Trust; D055815:Young Adult