Can Friends Be Trusted? Exploring Privacy in Online Social Networks

In this paper, we present a case study describing the privacy and trust that exist within a small population of online social network users. We begin by formally characterizing different graphs in social network sites like Facebook. We then determine how often people are willing to divulge personal...

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Published in2009 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining : 20-22 July 2009 pp. 312 - 315
Main Authors Nagle, F., Singh, L.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2009
Subjects
Data privacy
Educational institutions
Electronic mail
Facebook
online social networks
Privacy
trust
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0769536891
DOI10.1109/ASONAM.2009.61

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Abstract In this paper, we present a case study describing the privacy and trust that exist within a small population of online social network users. We begin by formally characterizing different graphs in social network sites like Facebook. We then determine how often people are willing to divulge personal details to an unknown online user, an adversary. While most users in our sample did not share sensitive information when asked by an adversary, we found that more users were willing to divulge personal details to an adversary if there is a mutual friend connected to the adversary and the user. We then summarize the results and observations associated with this Facebook case study.
AbstractList In this paper, we present a case study describing the privacy and trust that exist within a small population of online social network users. We begin by formally characterizing different graphs in social network sites like Facebook. We then determine how often people are willing to divulge personal details to an unknown online user, an adversary. While most users in our sample did not share sensitive information when asked by an adversary, we found that more users were willing to divulge personal details to an adversary if there is a mutual friend connected to the adversary and the user. We then summarize the results and observations associated with this Facebook case study.
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