A smart access control mechanism based on user preference in online social networks

• Published in: Concurrency and computation Vol. 35; no. 20
• Main Authors: Shan, Fangfang, Li, Fuyang, Ji, Peiyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 10.09.2023
• Subjects: Access control; data leakage; Encryption; Preferences; Privacy; quantify user preferences; Social networks
• ISSN: 1532-0626; 1532-0634
• DOI: 10.1002/cpe.6864

Summary Access control can effectively protect users' data and privacy in social networks. Different access control models address different data privacy requirements, and the corresponding implementation technologies and performance are also quite different. The existing access control mechanisms of social networks rarely take into account the individual preferences of users, and cannot provide personalized services for users. Therefore, we have studied an analysis mechanism of user preference to quantify user preferences, and then use user preference values and some key information of users' social resources as decision vectors, and proposed an access control mechanism based on user preference (ACMBUP). ACMBUP turns the problem of access decision‐making into a problem of classification, that is, whether to allow access or not to allow access. At the same time, we add an encryption and decryption mechanism in ACMBUP to prevent data leakage and protect data when users interact with access mechanisms. Experiments show that this mechanism can automatically generate appropriate access control policies to meet the potential privacy needs of different users, so as to better protect the privacy of social networks data.