CFP summary
SOUPS 2026 is the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, a major venue for research at the intersection of security, privacy, and human-centered computing. The conference emphasizes the design, evaluation, and deployment of systems that are secure and privacy-preserving while remaining understandable and usable by real people. SOUPS brings together researchers and practitioners studying human behavior, interfaces, policy, and technical mechanisms related to usable privacy and security.
Topics
Usable security and privacy; human-centered security design; authentication and identity usability; privacy notices, consent, and disclosure; user mental models of security; behavior, risk perception, and decision making; safety for at-risk populations; socio-technical studies of privacy and security; measurement and evaluation of user-facing privacy and security tools.