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What is Social Networking Applications

Chapter 50
Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications
Applications aiming at building online communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network applications are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging.
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Privacy Implications and Protection in the New Ubiquitous Web Environment
Charalampos Z. Patrikakis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece), Ioannis G. Nikolakopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece National Technical University of Athens, Greece), and Athanasios Voulodimos (University of West Attica, Athens, Greece)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-384-5.ch050
Abstract
In this chapter, we are addressing the issue of privacy in our modern world of Internet, Web 2.0, personalization, location based services, and ubiquitous computing. The issue is initially viewed from the perspective of user profiles, starting from existing approaches used in social networking and mobile computing applications. Emphasis is given on the separation of personal and public information and the way it can be used in Web and mobile applications. Furthermore, identifying the importance and the actual meaning of privacy in an online world is a crucial and difficult task, which has to be carried out before trying to propose ways to protect the users’ privacy.
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