Inferring Private Attributes in Online Social Networks

Online social networks (OSNs) are playing an important role in current world and the way people communicate with each other. Despite the advantage of using online social networks, there are certain privacy risks that can affect users of such services. Since users provide a lot of personal information in OSNs, concerns about how data placed in...

How Much do Your Friends Tell About You?: Reconstructing Private Information from the Friendship Graph

After the early land rush and fast exponential growth of online social networking platforms, concerns about how data placed in online social networks may be exploited and abused have begun to appear among mainstream users. Social networking sites have responded to these new public sentiments by introducing privacy filters to their site, allowing...