Understanding Emerging Obfuscation Technologies in Visual Description Services for Blind and Low Vision People

Author:

Alharbi Rahaf1,Brewer Robin N.1,Schoenebeck Sarita1

Affiliation:

1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Abstract

Blind and low vision people use visual description services (VDS) to gain visual interpretation and build access in a world that privileges sight. Despite their many benefits, VDS have many harmful privacy and security implications. As a result, researchers are suggesting, exploring, and building obfuscation systems that detect and obscure private or sensitive materials. However, as obfuscation depends largely on sight to interpret outcomes, it is unknown whether Blind and low vision people would find such approaches useful. Our work aims to center the perspectives and opinions of Blind and low vision people on the potential of obfuscation to address privacy concerns in VDS. By reporting on interviews with 20 Blind and low vision people who use VDS, our findings reveal that popular research trends in obfuscation fail to capture the needs of Blind and low vision people. While obfuscation might be helpful in gaining more control, tensions around obfuscation misrecognition and confirmation are prominent. We turn to the framework of interdependence to unpack and understand obfuscation in VDS, enabling us to complicate privacy concerns, uncover the labor of Blind and low vision people, and emphasize the importance of safeguards. We provide design directions to move the trajectory of obfuscation research forward.

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Subject

Computer Networks and Communications,Human-Computer Interaction,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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