Paper 2009/152

FaceTrust: Assessing the Credibility of Online Personas via Social Networks

Michael Sirivianos

Abstract

Despite the large volume of societal interactions taking place on the Internet, it is still hard to assess the credibility of statements made by online users. The digital credentials issued by trustworthy certificate authorities partially address this problem, but a tedious registration and verification process as well as its high cost hinder the wide adoption of this solution. This paper presents FaceTrust, a system that leverages online social networks to provide lightweight, flexible and relaxed credentials that enable users to assess the credibility of others and their assertions.

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Available format(s)
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Category
Applications
Publication info
Published elsewhere. Hotsec 2009
Keywords
online social networkstrustcredibilityauthenticationcertificate authority
Contact author(s)
michael sirivianos @ gmail com
History
2009-09-11: withdrawn
2009-04-01: received
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Short URL
https://ia.cr/2009/152
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY
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