Cryptographic Tools To Keep You Hidden On Facebook 148
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Al writes "Many people reveal way too much personal information on social networking sites — something that can easily lead to identity theft or unwanted attention from employers etc. Technology Review has a story about several cryptographic tools that can be used to hide your activity on Facebook, from both untrusted users and from Facebook itself. Urs Hengartner, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo, developed a Firefox plugin that obfuscates anything marked with '@@' on Facebook and only reveals the correct information to trusted users who have the right keys. The sensitive data itself is even stored on an outside server so that even Facebook cannot access it. The piece mentions two other projects, NOYB and flybynight, that also aim to make personal information more secure on Facebook."
Re:what if ... (Score:3, Funny)
Like this? (Score:1, Funny)
Name: £Ã[ÃÅ'ÃÂÅMýQÂÂÂâéâ(TM)Ãoe8h
Sex: â"ÃZÃÅ"Ãoeâ"f
Relationship: ÂVŽüâÃâÂYÂf
Status: â"?Ã`ÃâéÂÂYÃŽÃN©Ã"ÃÂ2ÂÃ...$ÃÂqX£â¦ÃOE¾¦1f
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Re:Excellent Example! (Score:4, Funny)
This is Web 2.0. Common sense has no business here.
Re:I'm sorry, but maybe I'm missing the point... (Score:4, Funny)
Or "encrypting" a billboard using those 60's-looking inkblot things that can only be seen using special polarized/colored "decoder glasses".
People know there's a message there, they know you're trying to hide it, so why bother all your "semi"-friends with tons of postings like:
@@rA3wrAw#FraW3rar3awra3WFaW#fFRAw3WF3Aw#F#:aw#:Rfa
Which, before decoding, can be read as
@@NANNER NANNER NANNER YOU CAN'T READ THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY A DEMI-FRIEND NOT A REAL FRIEND. TRY TO DECODE THIS ASSHAT! OR FIND THE SERVER IT'S COMING FROM AND HACK THEM FOR SERIOUS BLACKMAIL FUN AND PROFIT! :)
Re:Fake datas. (Score:2, Funny)
Rusty Shackleford.
Re:Excellent Example! (Score:5, Funny)
This is slashdot, which runs on pure elitism. You say there are real reasons to use facebook?
HERETIC! BURN HIM!
Re:Excellent Example! (Score:2, Funny)
He is so excited about FACEBOOK that he can't control it.
Re:Similar social site that NEVER shares your info (Score:3, Funny)
They can filter out annoying people! Can I get one of those for real life?
NO.
Re:Excellent Example! (Score:2, Funny)
Friends And Colleagues Enlisting to Become Overlord's Orgasm Kittens?
Re:Like this? (Score:2, Funny)
Interestingly enough, this is considerably more legible than a typical facebook profile.
Re:Excellent Example! (Score:2, Funny)
Facebook turned me into a Newt! ... I got better ...