• DocumentCode
    3130595
  • Title

    Inference attacks by third-party extensions to social network systems

  • Author

    Ahmadinejad, Seyed Hossein ; Anwa, Mohd ; Fong, Philip W L

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2011
  • Firstpage
    282
  • Lastpage
    287
  • Abstract
    We study inference attacks that can be launched via the extension API of Facebook. We explain the threat of these attacks through a reduction to authentication attacks, devise a taxonomy for such attacks, and propose a risk metric to help subscribers of third-party applications refine their privacy expectations.
  • Keywords
    application program interfaces; data privacy; social networking (online); API; Facebook; authentication attacks; inference attacks; privacy expectations; social network systems; third-party extensions; Authentication; Data structures; Facebook; Inference algorithms; Measurement; Privacy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOM Workshops), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-938-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-61284-936-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PERCOMW.2011.5766884
  • Filename
    5766884
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3130595