Research Article
Online Privacy of Personal Information - Perceptions v Reality
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-96791-8_26, author={Diane Gan and Dennis Ivory}, title={Online Privacy of Personal Information - Perceptions v Reality}, proceedings={Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments. 4th EAI International Conference, SPNCE 2021, Virtual Event, December 10-11, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={SPNCE}, year={2022}, month={3}, keywords={Online social networks Online privacy Data harvesting Facebook Twitter Osint}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-96791-8_26} }- Diane Gan
Dennis Ivory
Year: 2022
Online Privacy of Personal Information - Perceptions v Reality
SPNCE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96791-8_26
Abstract
This empirical study investigates how (n = 252) users of online social networking sites perceived their online privacy and compares this to what can be collected by someone who has no connection to them in cyber-space. A survey was undertaken to determine each participant’s perceived privacy awareness of their online personal information at different levels of distance from them, such as by a friend, friend of a friend or a complete stranger. Experiments were performed for each participant to retrieve as much personal information as possible using OSINT (open source intelligence) tools. For the majority of participants their personal information was collected in under two minutes by someone who had no connection with them in cyber-space. The results that were predicted by the participants was compared to what was actually found and are shown to support our hypothesis that the majority over-exaggerated how secure their personal information was.
