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pith:2026:DKWIZI7ECNDZLA44GKZIV7NLST

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Understanding U.S. Users' Security and Privacy Transparency Needs for Consumer-Facing Generative AI

Chunxi Zhan, Jiaxun Cao, Pardis Emami-Naeini, Rithvik Neti, Sai Teja Peddinti, Yu Dong

Users of consumer generative AI tools rarely let security and privacy information shape their adoption choices and instead rely on popularity as a proxy.

arxiv:2604.17270 v2 · 2026-04-19 · cs.HC · cs.AI · cs.CR · cs.CY

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available S&P information rarely drove initial adoption in practice, as participants often perceived it as incomplete, ineffective, or lacking credibility. Instead, they relied on rough proxies, such as popularity, to infer S&P practices. After adoption, uncertainty about S&P practices constrained participants' willingness to use GenAI tools, particularly in high-stakes contexts, and, in some cases, contributed to discontinued use.

C2weakest assumption

That the experiences and expressed needs of the 21 U.S. participants are representative of broader GenAI user populations and that implementing the suggested transparency features would meaningfully improve user decision-making and sustained use.

C3one line summary

A qualitative study of 21 GenAI users finds that current S&P transparency is often seen as incomplete or untrustworthy, leading to proxy-based adoption and constrained use, with calls for independent evaluations and on-demand disclosures synthesized into five design dimensions.

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1aac8ca3e4134795839c32b28afdab94c270768e3b3f7b7452594913b22c936d

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arxiv: 2604.17270 · arxiv_version: 2604.17270v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.17270 · pith_short_12: DKWIZI7ECNDZ · pith_short_16: DKWIZI7ECNDZLA44 · pith_short_8: DKWIZI7E

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