Socializing electronics: Secure interactions in social networks

Social networks help us to follow friends and family daily lives. Home devices are rich in user´s information so they are appropriate platforms to deploy social network applications. This article addresses two main requirements: content must be adapted to different devices and user´s privacy must be respected. To enable social network interaction in home environments and to overcome privacy problems we present two home gateway applications: the Social Enabler and its counterpart the Social Watchdog.