KUKU

KU ScholarWorks

  • myKU
  • Email
  • Enroll & Pay
  • KU Directory
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   KU ScholarWorks
    • Dissertations and Theses
    • Theses
    • View Item
    •   KU ScholarWorks
    • Dissertations and Theses
    • Theses
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Arcana: Private tweets on a public microblog platform

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Narasimman_ku_0099M_14750_DATA_1.pdf (1.059Mb)
    Issue Date
    2016-08-31
    Author
    Narasimman, Anirudh
    Publisher
    University of Kansas
    Format
    72 pages
    Type
    Thesis
    Degree Level
    M.S.
    Discipline
    Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
    Rights
    Copyright held by the author.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    As one of the world’s most famous online social networks (OSN), Twitter now has 320 million monthly active users. Accompanying the large user group and abundant personal information, users increasingly realize the vulnerability of tweets and have reservations of showing certain tweets to different follower groups, such as colleagues, friends and other followers. However, Twitter does not offer enough privacy protection or access control functions. Users can just set an account as protected, which results in only the user’s followers seeing the tweet. The protected tweet does not appear in the public domain, third party sites and search engines cannot access the tweet. However, a protected account cannot distinguish between different follower groups or users who use multiple accounts. To serve the demand of the user so that they can restrict the access of each tweet to certain follower groups, we propose a browser plug-in system, which utilizes CP-ABE (Ciphertext Policy Attribute based encryption), allowing the user to select followers based on predefined attributes. Through simple installation and pre-setting, the user can encrypt and decrypt tweets conveniently and can avoid the fear of information leakage.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/23921
    Collections
    • Engineering Dissertations and Theses [1055]
    • Theses [3828]

    Items in KU ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.


    We want to hear from you! Please share your stories about how Open Access to this item benefits YOU.


    Contact KU ScholarWorks
    785-864-8983
    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    785-864-8983

    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    Image Credits
     

     

    Browse

    All of KU ScholarWorksCommunities & CollectionsThis Collection

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Contact KU ScholarWorks
    785-864-8983
    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    785-864-8983

    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    Image Credits
     

     

    The University of Kansas
      Contact KU ScholarWorks
    Lawrence, KS | Maps
     
    • Academics
    • Admission
    • Alumni
    • Athletics
    • Campuses
    • Giving
    • Jobs

    The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA@ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785)864-6414, 711 TTY.

     Contact KU
    Lawrence, KS | Maps