Private Facebook Chat

Author

Robison, C. ; Ruoti, S. ; van der Horst, T.W. ; Seamons, K.E.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

3-5 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

451

Lastpage

460

Abstract

The number of instant messages sent per year now exceeds that of email. Recently users have been moving away from traditional instant messaging applications and instead using social networks as their primary communications platform. To discover attitudes related to instant messaging and its security, we have conducted a user survey. This paper also presents the design of PFC (Private Facebook Chat), a system providing convenient, secure instant messaging within Facebook Chat. PFC offers end-to-end encryption in order to thwart any eavesdropper, including Facebook itself. Finally, we have conducted a usability study of a PFC prototype.

Keywords

cryptography; data privacy; electronic messaging; social networking (online); PFC; PFC prototype; communication platform; eavesdropper; end-to-end encryption; instant messages; instant messaging security; private Facebook chat; social networks; Browsers; Electronic mail; Facebook; Google; Instant messaging; Privacy; Security; Facebook; instant messaging; privacy; useable security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust (PASSAT), 2012 International Conference on and 2012 International Confernece on Social Computing (SocialCom)

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5638-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SocialCom-PASSAT.2012.58

Filename

6406387