Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/SocialCom-PASSAT.2012.58
