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Security and privacy concerns regard to Facebook and its applications. COMS E6125 Web-enHanced Information Management (WHIM) Spring 2008 by Szu-Jui Wu sw2423. Privacy concerns are due to. Inappropriate features provided by Facebook
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Security and privacy concerns regard to Facebook and its applications COMS E6125 Web-enHanced Information Management (WHIM) Spring 2008 by Szu-Jui Wu sw2423
Privacy concerns are due to • Inappropriate features provided by Facebook • Users disclose too much information or are unaware of risks • The anonymous information itself could still provide useful data
Concerns of FB’s behavior • Facebook Beacon • Not analyzing user database • But real social network, i.e. word-of-mouth • Opt-in or Opt-out
Concerns of FB’s behavior • Transfer story to FB user profile, if you • Logged-in • Not logged-in, but checked “remember me” box • Still privacy concerns • Even if you did not log-in, or check “remember me”, the activity is still transferred to FB.
Concerns of Users’ behaviors • Users are not aware of what Facebook has done • Users are willing to provide their information
Anonymous dataset could still provide some useful data • Combined with a public dataset that can de-anonymize users with not too low probability • e.g. anonymous Netflix-released movie ratings and non-anonymous IMDb users
Conclusion • FB continues launching unprecedented apps • Users need to be aware of every detail of what FB has done • Nothing is impossible! Take care of your own information