Metadata Inferencing Meme Goes Mainstream
Knock me down with a feather. As a techy blogging bystander, I’ve been watching as the non-technical media world figures out the implications of the …
Tag: keith ross
We Told You So: FBStalker and Mining Facebook Connections
In late 2012, we interviewed NYU-Poly’s Professor Keith Ross about his research into privacy loopholes in Facebook. Ross showed it was possible to work out …
Interview with NYU-Poly’s Professor Keith Ross
Last month, I had the chance to interview Professor Keith Ross about his paper describing a novel profiling attack against Facebook users. The attack’s goal …
NYU-Poly Researchers Find Weakness in Facebook’s Protections for Minors
Social media and our too-much-information online culture has brought new life to an old privacy vulnerability. The kind of privacy loophole I’m referring to has …