Improving Data and Identity Privacy in Online Social Networks
S. Meera, R. Sharmikha Sree · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2022
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Orkut, Linkedin, and other social networking sites are increasingly popular. Users can share details about themselves and their lives on these networks, as well as connect with friends and colleagues. Some of the information revealed in these networks, however, should be kept private and not made public. Identity thieves, scam artists, and stalkers can all benefit from the availability of personal information on the internet. As a result, privacy in social networks is a significant factor. As a result, it is preferable to assign privileges to each object we share in social media. However, the existing system is inefficient because the user who wishes to share a "post" is unaware of the privileges that have been assigned to that post. Furthermore, message transmission is completely transparent and vulnerable to hacking. In the proposed system, a "mutually shared algorithm" is introduced to allow users to request post access, and all messages are encrypted using the BASE-64 algorithm for security.