'It's like if you opened someone else's letter': user perceived privacy and social practices with SMS communication

摘要: This paper presents a study examining users' perceptions of privacy relating to mobile phone usage, and more specifically on the use short message service (SMS) messages. The also looks at reasons for ownership, user possibilities added with messaging communication. consisted written survey 119 people ten interviews. Results confirm that most respondents feel phones are private personal devices, SMS messages perceived as than normal calls. research found is guarded by widely accepted, unwritten rules treating confidential.