A closer look at third-party OSN applications: Are they leaking your personal information?

Abdelberi Chaabane; Yuan Ding; Ratan Dey; Mohamed Ali Kaafar; Keith W. Ross

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04918-2_23

A closer look at third-party OSN applications: Are they leaking your personal information?

Abdelberi Chaabane, Yuan Ding, Ratan Dey, Mohamed Ali Kaafar, Keith W. Ross

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Abstract

We examine third-party Online Social Network (OSN) applications for two major OSNs: Facebook and RenRen. These third-party applications typically gather, from the OSN, user personal information. We develop a measurement platform to study the interaction between OSN applications and fourth parties. We use this platform to study the behavior of 997 Facebook applications and 377 RenRen applications. We find that the Facebook and RenRen applications interact with hundreds of different fourth-party tracking entities. More worrisome, 22% of Facebook applications and 69% of RenRen applications provide users' personal information to one or more fourth-party tracking entities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Passive and Active Measurement
Subtitle of host publication	15th International Conference, PAM 2014 : proceedings
Editors	Michalis Faloutsos, Aleksandar Kuzmanovic
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	235-246
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319049182
ISBN (Print)	9783319049175
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04918-2_23
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	15th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2014 - Los Angeles, CA, United States Duration: 10 Mar 2014 → 11 Mar 2014

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8362
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	15th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles, CA
Period	10/03/14 → 11/03/14

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Chaabane, A., Ding, Y., Dey, R., Kaafar, M. A., & Ross, K. W. (2014). A closer look at third-party OSN applications: Are they leaking your personal information? In M. Faloutsos, & A. Kuzmanovic (Eds.), Passive and Active Measurement: 15th International Conference, PAM 2014 : proceedings (pp. 235-246). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8362). Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04918-2_23

Chaabane, Abdelberi ; Ding, Yuan ; Dey, Ratan et al. / A closer look at third-party OSN applications : Are they leaking your personal information?. Passive and Active Measurement: 15th International Conference, PAM 2014 : proceedings. editor / Michalis Faloutsos ; Aleksandar Kuzmanovic. Berlin : Springer, Springer Nature, 2014. pp. 235-246 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Chaabane, A, Ding, Y, Dey, R, Kaafar, MA & Ross, KW 2014, A closer look at third-party OSN applications: Are they leaking your personal information? in M Faloutsos & A Kuzmanovic (eds), Passive and Active Measurement: 15th International Conference, PAM 2014 : proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8362, Springer, Springer Nature, Berlin, pp. 235-246, 15th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2014, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 10/03/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04918-2_23

A closer look at third-party OSN applications: Are they leaking your personal information? / Chaabane, Abdelberi; Ding, Yuan; Dey, Ratan et al.
Passive and Active Measurement: 15th International Conference, PAM 2014 : proceedings. ed. / Michalis Faloutsos; Aleksandar Kuzmanovic. Berlin: Springer, Springer Nature, 2014. p. 235-246 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8362).

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Chaabane A, Ding Y, Dey R, Kaafar MA, Ross KW. A closer look at third-party OSN applications: Are they leaking your personal information? In Faloutsos M, Kuzmanovic A, editors, Passive and Active Measurement: 15th International Conference, PAM 2014 : proceedings. Berlin: Springer, Springer Nature. 2014. p. 235-246. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-04918-2_23

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