User-friendly matching protocol for online social networks

  • Authors:
  • Qiang Tang

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer and communications security
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this paper, we outline a privacy-preserving matching protocol for OSN (online social network) users to find their potential friends. With the proposed protocol, a logged-in user can match her profile with that of an off-line stranger, while both profiles are maximally protected. Our solution successfully eliminates the requirement of "out-of-band" communication channels, which is one of the biggest obstacles facing cryptographic solutions for OSNs.