TY - JOUR
T1 - Privacy and security for online social networks
T2 - Challenges and opportunities
AU - Zhang, Chi
AU - Sun, Jinyuan
AU - Zhu, Xiaoyan
AU - Fang, Yuguang
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PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Online social networks such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter have experienced exponential growth in recent years. These OSNs offer attractive means of online social interactions and communications, but also raise privacy and security concerns. In this article we discuss the design issues for the security and privacy of OSNs. We find there are inherent design conflicts between these and the traditional design goals of OSNs such as usability and sociability. We present the unique security and privacy design challenges brought by the core functionalities of OSNs and highlight some opportunities of utilizing social network theory to mitigate these design conflicts. © 2010 IEEE.
AB - Online social networks such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter have experienced exponential growth in recent years. These OSNs offer attractive means of online social interactions and communications, but also raise privacy and security concerns. In this article we discuss the design issues for the security and privacy of OSNs. We find there are inherent design conflicts between these and the traditional design goals of OSNs such as usability and sociability. We present the unique security and privacy design challenges brought by the core functionalities of OSNs and highlight some opportunities of utilizing social network theory to mitigate these design conflicts. © 2010 IEEE.
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U2 - 10.1109/MNET.2010.5510913
DO - 10.1109/MNET.2010.5510913
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0890-8044
VL - 24
SP - 13
EP - 18
JO - IEEE Network
JF - IEEE Network
IS - 4
M1 - 5510913
ER -