‘Subtle cues’ make people SHARE more online, study says – what does this mean for a post-Covid-19 world?

A new study suggests

A new study suggests people may have privacy concerns when it comes to technology, but there are psychological temptations for them to divulge too much, a fact that could have repercussions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a report titled ‘Online Privacy Heuristics that Predict Information Disclosure’ published in the latest issue of Proceedings of Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2020), Penn State researchers theorize there are 12 subtle but powerful reasons people may give up on their privacy concerns “in the heat of the moment” when online.

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