Preliminary Analysis of Google+'s Privacy
Social and Information Networks
2011-11-16 v1 Cryptography and Security
Abstract
In this paper we provide a preliminary analysis of Google+ privacy. We identified that Google+ shares photo metadata with users who can access the photograph and discuss its potential impact on privacy. We also identified that Google+ encourages the provision of other names including maiden name, which may help criminals performing identity theft. We show that Facebook lists are a superset of Google+ circles, both functionally and logically, even though Google+ provides a better user interface. Finally we compare the use of encryption and depth of privacy control in Google+ versus in Facebook.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1111.3530,
title = {Preliminary Analysis of Google+'s Privacy},
author = {Shah Mahmood and Yvo Desmedt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.3530},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
CCS'11, October 17-21, 2011, Chicago, Illinois, USA