Privacy architectures in social networks' state-of-the-art survey. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Islam, Mohammad Badiul; Iannella, Renato; Watson, Jason; Geva, Shlomo
• Is Part Of: International journal of information privacy, security and integrity. Volume 2:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 102
• Page End: 137
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: privacy architectures -- social networking -- access control -- distributed social networks -- mobile social networks -- open source social networks -- privacy by design -- PbD -- desktop users -- privacy protection -- privacy preservation -- network security; Computer security -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Access control -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Security measures -- Periodicals; Data protection -- Periodicals; Privacy, Right of -- Periodicals; 005.805
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-8496

Abstract

The use of social networking has exploded, with millions of people using various web- and mobile-based services around the world. This increase in social networking use has led to user anxiety related to privacy and the unauthorised exposure of personal information. Large-scale sharing in virtual spaces means that researchers, designers and developers now need to re-consider the issues and challenges of maintaining privacy when using social networking services. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the current state-of-the-art privacy in social networks for both desktop and mobile uses and devices from various architectural vantage points. The survey will assist researchers and analysts in academia and industry to move towards mitigating many of the privacy issues in social networks.