By comparing social graphs, researchers can identify users from anonymous data. (opens in new tab)

(news.bbc.co.uk)

23 pointscos17y ago5 comments

5 comments

This is my work with my advisor. Our paper is online, take a look if you're interested. http://randomwalker.info/social-networks/ We also have an FAQ that answers the common misconceptions: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/socialnetworks-faq.html

markup17y ago

I posted your paper yesterday (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534399), no one seemed to bother... I am guessing bbc is sexier or something.

I really enjoyed it

cosOP17y ago

I think it may just be because the title "De-anonymizing social networks" didn't actually convey what the experiment found, and it's the result (as communicated in the title here) that got people interested enough to click.

Dilpil17y ago

This seemed likely to many graph theorists. Glad someone proved it.

chanux17y ago

Privacy on pyre.

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