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Access Control, Privacy and Trust in On-line Social Networks: Issues and Solutions

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On-line Social Networks (OSNs) are today the hugest repository of personal information available on the Web. Such great amount of personal information gives us a unique opportunity in that the possibility to trace and analyze complex dynamic networks describing the evolution of relationships (among individuals or organizations) could change the way we understand complex phenomena such as economic/financial ones, social trends, fashions, opinions, interests, or the generation and dissemination of consensus and trustworthiness. For instance, we can understand how individual behaviours, i.e., small choices at a local level, can cause global effects. On the other hand, the availability of this huge amount of information poses new challenges in terms of access control and privacy protection. The aim of this chapter is to briefly review the state of the art with respect to the protection of resources shared in an OSN and to highlight some of the most promising research trends in the area.

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The work reported in this paper is partially funded by the Italian MIUR under the ANONIMO project (PRIN-2007F9437X).

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Ferrari, E. (2011). Access Control, Privacy and Trust in On-line Social Networks: Issues and Solutions. In: Salgarelli, L., Bianchi, G., Blefari-Melazzi, N. (eds) Trustworthy Internet. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1818-1_15

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