Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm Visualization
As user interactions on online social platforms increase, so does the public’s concern over the exposure of user privacy data. However, ordinary users often lack a clear and intuitive understanding of how their personal online information flows and how algorithms are involved in this process. We hav...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2025-02-01
|
| Series: | Applied Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/4/2034 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849720065485701120 |
|---|---|
| author | Xiaoxiao Wang Jingjing Zhang Huize Wan Yuan Yao |
| author_facet | Xiaoxiao Wang Jingjing Zhang Huize Wan Yuan Yao |
| author_sort | Xiaoxiao Wang |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | As user interactions on online social platforms increase, so does the public’s concern over the exposure of user privacy data. However, ordinary users often lack a clear and intuitive understanding of how their personal online information flows and how algorithms are involved in this process. We have developed a design to address this issue that visualizes data algorithms and transmission based on data collection and analysis. The primary contribution of this work is an innovative approach that uses metaphorical visual language to represent the flow of user data, algorithms, and information. It also aims to present these concepts interactively, allowing users to gain a more vivid understanding of the dynamic changes in their personal data. This participatory and interactive design seeks to provide users, as well as various stakeholders, an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between online society, privacy data boundaries, and users’ rights to be informed. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-4b68b45ba24b42078cefd1f61d20bcdb |
| institution | DOAJ |
| issn | 2076-3417 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-02-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Applied Sciences |
| spelling | doaj-art-4b68b45ba24b42078cefd1f61d20bcdb2025-08-20T03:12:01ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-02-01154203410.3390/app15042034Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm VisualizationXiaoxiao Wang0Jingjing Zhang1Huize Wan2Yuan Yao3School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaAs user interactions on online social platforms increase, so does the public’s concern over the exposure of user privacy data. However, ordinary users often lack a clear and intuitive understanding of how their personal online information flows and how algorithms are involved in this process. We have developed a design to address this issue that visualizes data algorithms and transmission based on data collection and analysis. The primary contribution of this work is an innovative approach that uses metaphorical visual language to represent the flow of user data, algorithms, and information. It also aims to present these concepts interactively, allowing users to gain a more vivid understanding of the dynamic changes in their personal data. This participatory and interactive design seeks to provide users, as well as various stakeholders, an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between online society, privacy data boundaries, and users’ rights to be informed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/4/2034user privacy datadata visualizationdata privacy and security |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoxiao Wang Jingjing Zhang Huize Wan Yuan Yao Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm Visualization Applied Sciences user privacy data data visualization data privacy and security |
| title | Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm Visualization |
| title_full | Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm Visualization |
| title_fullStr | Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm Visualization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm Visualization |
| title_short | Wormhole Whispers: Reflecting User Privacy Data Boundaries Through Algorithm Visualization |
| title_sort | wormhole whispers reflecting user privacy data boundaries through algorithm visualization |
| topic | user privacy data data visualization data privacy and security |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/4/2034 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT xiaoxiaowang wormholewhispersreflectinguserprivacydataboundariesthroughalgorithmvisualization AT jingjingzhang wormholewhispersreflectinguserprivacydataboundariesthroughalgorithmvisualization AT huizewan wormholewhispersreflectinguserprivacydataboundariesthroughalgorithmvisualization AT yuanyao wormholewhispersreflectinguserprivacydataboundariesthroughalgorithmvisualization |