A Privacy Preservation Model for Facebook-Style Social Network Systems

dc.contributor.authorFong, Philipeng
dc.contributor.authorAnwar, Mohdeng
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Zheneng
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-29T17:18:39Z
dc.date.available2009-04-29T17:18:39Z
dc.date.issued2009-04-29T17:18:39Z
dc.description.abstractRecent years have seen unprecedented growth in the popularity of social network systems, with Facebook being an archetypical example. The access control paradigm behind the privacy preservation mechanism of Facebook is distinctly different from such existing access control paradigms as Discretionary Access Control, Role-Based Access Control, Capability Systems, and Trust Management Systems. This work takes a first step in deepening the understanding of this access control paradigm, by proposing an access control model that formalizes and generalizes the privacy preservation mechanism of Facebook. The model can be instantiated into a family of Facebook-style social network systems, each with a recognizably different access control mechanism, so that Facebook is but one instantiation of the model. We also demonstrate that the model can be instantiated to express policies that are not currently supported by Facebook but possess rich and natural social significance. This work thus delineates the design space of privacy preservation mechanisms for Facebook-style social network systems, and lays out a formal framework for policy analysis in these systems.eng
dc.description.refereedNoeng
dc.identifier.department2009-926-05eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30599
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/47103
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectSocial Network Systemseng
dc.subject.otherFacebook, Social Network Systemseng
dc.titleA Privacy Preservation Model for Facebook-Style Social Network Systemseng
dc.typetechnical reporteng
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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