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A Detailed Study of User Privacy Behavior in Social Media

Darwish, Roba N.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1510704797892479

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2017, MS, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Computer Science.
Social Networking Sites achieved a breakthrough over the past few years since they allow individuals to be in touch with family and friends, but also raised privacy concerns when it comes to disclosing personal information with others. In spite of the privacy options provided by these sites, studies have shown that almost 25% of the users prefer not to change, or are not even aware of the service's privacy settings. This study investigates users’ behavior in terms of how they choose their privacy settings on Facebook. It examines the impact of faces and tags existence on user’s privacy. Moreover, we extend the work on YourPrivacyProtector, a system for monitoring and recommending privacy settings in Facebook, and enhance the recommendation system by examining photos with faces and tags. We use machine learning techniques to understand privacy settings of different users and recommend them a stronger a privacy setting. We also evaluate our algorithms with a case study.
Kambiz Ghazinour (Advisor)
Austin Melton (Committee Member)
Ye Zhao (Committee Member)
65 p.
Computer Science
Privacy; Social Media; Tags; Faces; Machine Learning

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  • Darwish, R. N. (2017). A Detailed Study of User Privacy Behavior in Social Media [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1510704797892479

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Darwish, Roba. A Detailed Study of User Privacy Behavior in Social Media . 2017. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1510704797892479.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Darwish, Roba. "A Detailed Study of User Privacy Behavior in Social Media ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1510704797892479

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