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The Influence of Misconceptions, Manufacturer Trust, and User Status on Smart Speaker Security Behaviours
Altabbaa, Karam (2025) The Influence of Misconceptions, Manufacturer Trust, and User Status on Smart Speaker Security Behaviours.
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| Abstract: | This study explores the influence of misconceptions and manufacturer trust on smart speaker security protective behaviours, comparing users and non-users and the direct effect of user status. While existing literature suggests that correcting user misconceptions can lead to improved security behaviours, findings from this study challenge that assumption. Using an online survey, participants were assessed on their misconceptions, trust, and security behaviours. Results showed no significant relationship between misconceptions and protective behaviours, nor differences in misconception levels between users and non-users. User status emerged as the strongest predictor of behaviour, with users engaging in fewer protective actions than non-users’ intended behaviours by asking them to imagine that they were gifted a smart speaker before being asked about their intended behaviour. Additionally, trust was found to be multidimensional and have different effects: general trust negatively predicted user status, while reputational trust positively predicted account-related protective behaviours. These findings suggest that user security practices are shaped more by habitual interaction patterns and psychological framing of trust than by misconceptions. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106724 |
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