With the digitization of healthcare, there has been an increase in self-tracking technologies for health. One group of self-tracking technologies is FMTs, fertility- and menstruation technologies. By gathering information on users’ menstruation and fertility, these technologies have access to intimate and sensitive data that requires secure protection. Previous research has criticized FMTs for lacking in data security and several risks with this data being shared have been identified. Risks of lacking data security include discrimination against the user in the workplace, and being targeted by cyber-criminals. This thesis explores how users perceive trust and data privacy in fertility- and menstruation technologies by conducting a user study. Participants (n=18) were interviewed in pairs about their experiences of FMTs, data privacy, and trust. Based on the interview findings, seven design guidelines were created to enhance user trust and ensure data privacy. Additionally, an Android application was developed as a high-fidelity prototype to visualize and discuss the guidelines. The research contributes to the field by identifying design aspects that can be used by creators of FMTs to improve their privacy practices and generate trust among their users. / Med digitalisering har det skett en ökning av självspårande teknologier inom hälsa. En typ av självspårande teknologier är FMT:er, fertilitet- och menstruationsteknologier. Genom att samla information om användares menstruation och fertilitet har de här teknologierna tillgång till intim och känslig data som kräver ordentligt skydd. Risker med bristande datasäkerhet inkluderar att användaren diskrimineras på sin arbetsplats, blir offer för cyberbrottslingar, och blir kontrollerad av en familjemedlem eller partner. Tidigare forskning har kritiserat FMT:er för bristande datasäkerhet och har identifierat flera risker med detta. Den här uppsatsen utforskar hur användare uppfattar tillit och datasäkerhet till fertilitet- och menstruationsteknologier genom en användarstudie. Deltagare (n=18) intervjuades parvis om deras erfarenhet av FMT:er, datasäkerhet och tillit. Utifrån intervjuresultaten har sju riktlinjer för design av FMT:er för ökad tillit och datasäkerhet tagits fram. Dessutom utvecklades en Android applikation som prototyp för att visualisera riktlinjerna. Denna uppsats bidrar till forskningsområdet genom att identifiera designaspekter som kan användas av FMT utvecklare för att förbättra deras sekretesspraxis och påverka deras användares tillit till deras produkt.

Women have always been concerned about their safety when walking alone and have taken precautions to protect themselves from harm. With the current advances in technology, women’s safety techniques and devices have drastically changed within the past years, for instance, by introducing the use of safety buttons. This study aims to explore the interaction women living in Stockholm, Sweden would have when carrying such a smart device. Through research and design methodologies and applying Feminist HCI values, two workshops were held to better understand this interaction between women carrying a Flic Safety Button and their street safety. The main conclusion of the study is that when designing such interactions, one should consider various of the different influencing mechanisms the women have as well as personal sentiments regarding their personal safety to encourage usability of the button to any situation. The most essential influences are the availability of friends and family, social lifestyles, and existing safety behaviors. To inspire future developments and exemplify this ecology of safety mechanisms, this thesis introduces three archetypes of interactions, materialized as personas in scenarios depicting different perceptions on how women interact when their safety is being compromised. / Kvinnor har alltid varit oroade över sin säkerhet när de går ensamma och har vidtagit försiktighetsåtgärder för att skydda sig mot skador. Med de senaste årens tekniska framsteg har säkerhetsteknik och anordningar för kvinnor förändrats drastiskt, till exempel genom att man infört användning av säkerhetsknappar. Den här studien syftar till att undersöka vilken interaktion kvinnor som bor i Stockholm, Sverige, skulle ha när de bär en sådan smart enhet. Med hjälp av forsknings- och designmetoder och genom att tillämpa feministiska HCI-värden hölls två workshops för att bättre förstå interaktionen mellan kvinnor som bär en Flic-säkerhetsknapp och deras säkerhet på gatan. Den viktigaste slutsatsen av studien är att när man utformar sådana interaktioner bör man ta hänsyn till olika påverkansmekanismer som kvinnorna har samt personliga känslor om deras personliga säkerhet för att uppmuntra användbarheten av knappen i alla situationer. De viktigaste påverkansfaktorerna är tillgången till vänner och familj, sociala livsstil och befintliga säkerhetsbeteenden. För att inspirera framtida utveckling och exemplifiera denna ekologi av säkerhetsmekanismer introduceras i denna avhandling tre arketyper av interaktioner, som materialiseras som personas i scenarier som visar olika uppfattningar om hur kvinnor interagerar när deras säkerhet äventyras.

Digital platforms such as social media are big part of people's everyday life and social network. Recent studies shows that the ability to act anonymously on social media has increased harassment behaviors online. For marginalized groups, digital platforms are important for the act of freedom of speech and harassments online can limit these groups in the digital environment. Within the framework of this study we found, that there is a lack of studies that specifically research sexual harassments online and what different factors that may have an impact on the problem. Therefore, the aim for this study was to research what values, attitudes and emotions users of social media services experiences online. We wanted to research, from a user perspective, what existing counter-strategies options are provided on social media against sexual harassments online, and if there are other technical design solutions for social media interfaces. Within the framework of this essay we have conducted a focus group interview and a participatory design workshop. The empirical data that was collected has been analysed with different theories such as power, resistance, empowerment in design, master suppression techniques in social media, feminist HCI and social norms and participatory design. The study also use previous research on harassment on social media to further understand the empirical data for the analysis. In this study there are findings from the focus group that has been placed in three different themes. 1) The importance of social relationships for counter-strategies against sexual harassment online. 2) Social norms and normalization of sexual harassment online. 3) The importance of technical aspects for dealing with sexual harassment online. Our study shows that the counter-strategies options on social media services today are not sufficient enough for these different aspects. The participatory design workshop in this study resulted in eight possible technical design solutions. These solutions can be implications for design on social media interfaces and can work as counter-strategy tools against sexual harassments online. This study only research one focus group, therefore the study can be used as a basis for further research. By including users with participatory design methods, values made from users of social media in relation to sexual harassments online can unfold and hopefully decrease the problem.