Warda Usman
wardausman.bsky.social
Warda Usman
@wardausman.bsky.social
Our implications call for:
• Tailored, culturally-aware digital safety tools
• Community-based learning resources
• Designs that respect collective values, modesty, and multiple social roles
• Recognizing intergenerational tech collaborations
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Key findings:
• First-gen immigrants face risks tied to religion, race, and immigration status, such as surveillance, reputational harm, and discrimination.
• Second-gen immigrants largely mirror broader U.S. attitudes, focusing on scams and data breaches.
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We interviewed 25 immigrants, both parents (1st-gen) and their children (2nd-gen) to understand how identity, context, and family dynamics shape digital safety practices.
May 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The other one is in collaboration with some wonderful researchers at UTK and Purdue.

Security and Privacy Experiences of First- and Second-Generation Pakistani Immigrants to the US: Perceptions, Practices, Challenges, and Parent-Child Dynamics

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CSDL | IEEE Computer Society
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May 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One key takeaway: Unlike systems, people live in complex contexts. Effective threat modeling must engage those contexts and include participant-driven insights and goals, and not just researcher-defined harms.
May 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We analyzed 78 papers from top venues (SOUPS, CHI, S&P, etc.) that study how people perceive and respond to security/privacy threats. We developed:
- A structured framework
- A guide for researchers
- A comparison to systems threat modeling
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
One of them systematizes the emerging practice of human-centered threat modeling, a method researchers use to identify threats to people.

SoK: A Framework and Guide for Human-Centered Threat Modeling in Security and Privacy Research

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CSDL | IEEE Computer Society
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May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM