Anonymizing Personal Text Messages Posted in Online Social Networks and Detecting Disclosures of Personal Information

• Published in: IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems Vol. E98.D; no. 1; pp. 78 - 88
• Main Authors: NGUYEN-SON, Hoang-Quoc, TRAN, Minh-Triet, YOSHIURA, Hiroshi, SONEHARA, Noboru, ECHIZEN, Isao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers 2015
• Subjects: anonymized text message; Applications programs; disclosure detection; fingerprint; Fingerprints; Messages; Online; online social network; Risk; Short message service; Social networks; Texts

While online social networking is a popular way for people to share information, it carries the risk of unintentionally disclosing personal information. One way to reduce this risk is to anonymize personal information in messages before they are posted. Furthermore, if personal information is someho...