Not That Kind of Friend: Misleading Divergences Between Online Social Networks and Real-World Social Protocols (Extended Abstract)
Jonathan Anderson, Frank Stajano, Jane Austen · 2009
Abstract. Current social networking technology provides users with little of the privacy that they expect and are promised. While some individuals may truly wish to be “open books, ” violating most users ’ privacy expectations leads to serious consequences for both the users and their network. We propose that, in order for users to truly be in control their personal information, we need to respect and learn from the social protocols that have been built up over the millennia. 1