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Re-identification explanation and an intuitive in-browser demo for social networks

2017-01-09 | Gabor

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In our recent paper, we proposed a novel social network de-anonymization attack, which had pretty nice results when compared with others. I made a program, where the original attack and ours can be tested out, directly in the browser. This means that you can run re-identification attacks even on your smartphone… :) Check it out:


 Run it!

Just runs the simulator.
 Explain it!

Takes you there with explanation.


Here is how it looks like: the de-anonymization simulator in action.

De-anonymization simulator in action.

Tags: social network, privacy, de-anonymization, simulation

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