Privacy Plug-In Fakes Out Facebook
Posted by Celia Walter | 14 Sep, 2009Social Networking: Privacy Plug-In Fakes Out Facebook
September 9th, 2009University of Waterloo, Ontario researchers have developed FaceCloak, a browser plug-in that shields social network users’ private data from both malicious users and social network providers. Waterloo professor Urs Hengartner says the plug-in replaces sensitive information in a user’s profile with news feeds and meaningless text that can only be unscrambled by trusted friends and contacts. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Alessandro Acquisti says most users are unaware of the privacy implications of posting personal information on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
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Source: Technology Review (via ACM News)