TY - GEN
T1 - q-Anon
T2 - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2010, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust, PASSAT 2010
AU - Beach, Aaron
AU - Gartrell, Mike
AU - Han, Richard
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper proposes that social network data should be assumed public but treated private. Assuming this rather confusing requirement means that anonymity models such as k-anonymity cannot be applied to the most common form of private data release on the internet, social network APIs. An alternative anonymity model, q-Anon, is presented, which measures the probability of an attacker logically deducing previously unknown information from a social network API while assuming the data being protected may already be public information. Finally, the feasibility of such an approach is evaluated suggesting that a social network site such as Facebook could practically implement an anonymous API using q-Anon, providing its users with an anonymous option to the current application model.
AB - This paper proposes that social network data should be assumed public but treated private. Assuming this rather confusing requirement means that anonymity models such as k-anonymity cannot be applied to the most common form of private data release on the internet, social network APIs. An alternative anonymity model, q-Anon, is presented, which measures the probability of an attacker logically deducing previously unknown information from a social network API while assuming the data being protected may already be public information. Finally, the feasibility of such an approach is evaluated suggesting that a social network site such as Facebook could practically implement an anonymous API using q-Anon, providing its users with an anonymous option to the current application model.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649244856&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SocialCom.2010.34
DO - 10.1109/SocialCom.2010.34
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649244856
SN - 9780769542119
T3 - Proceedings - SocialCom 2010: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT 2010: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust
SP - 185
EP - 192
BT - Proceedings - SocialCom 2010
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
CY - Piscataway, NJ
Y2 - 20 August 2010 through 22 August 2010
ER -