Comprehensive Privacy Risk Assessment in Social Networks Using User Attributes Social Graphs and Text Analysis

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Auteurs principaux: Alam, Md Jahangir, Hossain, Ismail, Puppala, Sai, Talukder, Sajedul
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author Alam, Md Jahangir
Hossain, Ismail
Puppala, Sai
Talukder, Sajedul
author_facet Alam, Md Jahangir
Hossain, Ismail
Puppala, Sai
Talukder, Sajedul
contents The rise of social networking platforms has amplified privacy threats as users increasingly share sensitive information across profiles, content, and social connections. We present a Comprehensive Privacy Risk Scoring (CPRS) framework that quantifies privacy risk by integrating user attributes, social graph structures, and user-generated content. Our framework computes risk scores across these dimensions using sensitivity, visibility, structural similarity, and entity-level analysis, then aggregates them into a unified risk score. We validate CPRS on two real-world datasets: the SNAP Facebook Ego Network (4,039 users) and the Koo microblogging dataset (1M posts, 1M comments). The average CPRS is 0.478 with equal weighting, rising to 0.501 in graph-sensitive scenarios. Component-wise, graph-based risks (mean 0.52) surpass content (0.48) and profile attributes (0.45). High-risk attributes include email, date of birth, and mobile number. Our user study with 100 participants shows 85% rated the dashboard as clear and actionable, confirming CPRS's practical utility. This work enables personalized privacy risk insights and contributes a holistic, scalable methodology for privacy management. Future directions include incorporating temporal dynamics and multimodal content for broader applicability.
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spellingShingle Comprehensive Privacy Risk Assessment in Social Networks Using User Attributes Social Graphs and Text Analysis
Alam, Md Jahangir
Hossain, Ismail
Puppala, Sai
Talukder, Sajedul
Social and Information Networks
The rise of social networking platforms has amplified privacy threats as users increasingly share sensitive information across profiles, content, and social connections. We present a Comprehensive Privacy Risk Scoring (CPRS) framework that quantifies privacy risk by integrating user attributes, social graph structures, and user-generated content. Our framework computes risk scores across these dimensions using sensitivity, visibility, structural similarity, and entity-level analysis, then aggregates them into a unified risk score. We validate CPRS on two real-world datasets: the SNAP Facebook Ego Network (4,039 users) and the Koo microblogging dataset (1M posts, 1M comments). The average CPRS is 0.478 with equal weighting, rising to 0.501 in graph-sensitive scenarios. Component-wise, graph-based risks (mean 0.52) surpass content (0.48) and profile attributes (0.45). High-risk attributes include email, date of birth, and mobile number. Our user study with 100 participants shows 85% rated the dashboard as clear and actionable, confirming CPRS's practical utility. This work enables personalized privacy risk insights and contributes a holistic, scalable methodology for privacy management. Future directions include incorporating temporal dynamics and multimodal content for broader applicability.
title Comprehensive Privacy Risk Assessment in Social Networks Using User Attributes Social Graphs and Text Analysis
topic Social and Information Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15124