KnowYourPrivacy - A privacy quiz app, what do you think?

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Hi there,
recently I was building a prototype website as a usability study in my university.
I called it “KnowYourPrivacy”.

The idea was that a user can answer some questions about what apps & services they are using and what threats they care about most. Then they get some overview how well they are protected against the treats and get recommendations on how to improve.

It was meant to make privacy more accessible to “normal” people and starters.
It was meant to be a personalized guidance, for all kinds of people in the privacy spectrum.

I believe this app has potential to help people understand their digital setup, build their threat model and improve their privacy step by step.

Currently the Website lives in gh-pages and is still in early stages / a prototype.
It can be visited here: https://jonaslouison.github.io/KnowYourPrivacy/#/
The code lives here: https://github.com/jonaslouison/KnowYourPrivacy
I made it open source and was wondering what your opinions are.

Here are some questions that could help development:

  • What new features could be helpful, what would you like to see?
  • Are there any bugs/errors?
  • What is your general feeling about the app, is it easy to understand, what does it lack?
  • Would you use it / recommend it to others?

So the current flow is Home → Quiz → Dasboard → Wiki → Action (e.g. change to a more privacy respecting service)

Personally I believe that there is still a gap between the the quiz and the dashboard, in the sense that the dashboard is full of information but with little guidance on what to do.

I was thinking of making a results page that is more easy to parse/read through with a clearer guidance on which tasks to tackle, e.g.:

  • a checklist for each service
  • quick wins like use a different search engine or a browser with a quick tutorial on how to copy over your bookmarks
  • a setup guide/pack you can easily install with preconfigured reccomended services

Also there are some inconsistencies with the recommendations e.g. wiki vs. dashboard that needs to be eliminated.
And I was thinking of creating a tool to compare two or more services against each other.

Let me know what you think, I am excited!
Regards,
Jonas

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“N/A” as an answer for all questions.

After selecting multiple devices in the first question, the second question does not permit selecting multiple browsers. The last question should have the drag-and-drop at the top instead of the bottom. Other devices are given point values even though they may not have been initially selected.

Identity compartmentalization.

Never.

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I stopped once I noticed there can be only one answer per question. I use multiple browsers and email services.
I see the potential, keep going.

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This was interesting. Thanks for sharing. It would also be better if we could select more than just the one option.

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