Applications Through a PrivacyLens
Alternate Behaviors Two applications demonstrating different behaviors depending upon what attributes are released by the user – Drupal – a content management system – Confluence – a wiki
DRUPAL Through a PrivacyLens:
The unauthenticated home page
Unauthenticated Use Case tab
Unauthenticated Demonstration tab
Unauthenticated Deployment Approaches tab
Unauthenticated Design Factors tab
Unauthenticated About PrivacyLens tab
Unauthenticated Discussion Topics tab
Unauthenticated Articles tab
Login Start the process to see changes in behavior by logging in
Default attribute release Minimal release is just an opaque identifier
Releasing an opaque identifier – home page changes
Releasing an opaque identifier – other page changes All the remaining tabs now show links to Articles
Releasing an opaque identifier – New articles With just the opaque identifier, users can now see articles added by other authorized users
A new set of pages – My Account The “View”, showing the unchanging opaque identifier
A new set of pages – My Account The “Edit” options for an opaque identifier
Logging out has options as well
Logging back in, but releasing an additional attribute This allows more personalization for the site
A more personalized site with the release of an additional attribute
Access to articles continues, with a personlized welcome bar across the top of the page
My Account shows the “real” identifier
My Account edit options show different information also
Purely Opaque, but with more access
Releasing an opaque identifier and restricted access attribute The personlized welcome bar is no longer visible, but a new box indicating access to restricted content is now available.
Releasing an opaque identifier and restricted access attribute More articles are available on the Articles page. Note that My Account information hinges on the opaque identifier, and so has not changed from the initial single attribute release.
All attributes released An identifier, personlization information, and permission to access restricted content
Full access, this time with personlization