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Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users

Social Network Sites (SNSs) are one of the most significant and considerable topics that draw researches attention nowadays. Recently, lots of people from different areas, ages and genders join to SNSs and share lots of different information about various things. Spreading information can be harmful...

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Main Authors: Kavianpour, Sanaz, Ismail, Zuraini, Mohtasebi, Amirhossein
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Published: Springer 2011
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HM Sociology
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44885/
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spelling my.utm.448852017-09-17T04:36:49Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44885/ Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users Kavianpour, Sanaz Ismail, Zuraini Mohtasebi, Amirhossein HM Sociology Social Network Sites (SNSs) are one of the most significant and considerable topics that draw researches attention nowadays. Recently, lots of people from different areas, ages and genders join to SNSs and share lots of different information about various things. Spreading information can be harmful for users’ privacy. In this paper, first we describe some definitions of social networks and their privacy threats. Second, after reviewing some related works on privacy we explain how we can minimize the information disclosure to adversaries by using integrated algorithm. Finally we try to show the effectiveness of proposed algorithm in order to protect the users’ privacy. The enhanced security by anonymizing and diversifying disclosed information presents and insures the paper aim. Springer 2011 Article PeerReviewed Kavianpour, Sanaz and Ismail, Zuraini and Mohtasebi, Amirhossein (2011) Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 167 (2). pp. 237-249. ISSN 1865-0929
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topic HM Sociology
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Kavianpour, Sanaz
Ismail, Zuraini
Mohtasebi, Amirhossein
Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users
description Social Network Sites (SNSs) are one of the most significant and considerable topics that draw researches attention nowadays. Recently, lots of people from different areas, ages and genders join to SNSs and share lots of different information about various things. Spreading information can be harmful for users’ privacy. In this paper, first we describe some definitions of social networks and their privacy threats. Second, after reviewing some related works on privacy we explain how we can minimize the information disclosure to adversaries by using integrated algorithm. Finally we try to show the effectiveness of proposed algorithm in order to protect the users’ privacy. The enhanced security by anonymizing and diversifying disclosed information presents and insures the paper aim.
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author Kavianpour, Sanaz
Ismail, Zuraini
Mohtasebi, Amirhossein
author_facet Kavianpour, Sanaz
Ismail, Zuraini
Mohtasebi, Amirhossein
author_sort Kavianpour, Sanaz
title Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users
title_short Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users
title_full Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users
title_fullStr Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users
title_sort effectiveness of using integrated algorithm in preserving privacy of social network sites users
publisher Springer
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44885/
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