Private Yet Connected? Yes, We can: The Challenge of Decentralized Social Networks

Francesca Musiani (1)

1 CSI i3 - Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation i3

In the age when the massive success of social network sites relies on users' willingness to freely disclose their personal data for profiling purposes, issues of user privacy and personal data protection are under the spotlight. This article addresses current developments in the field of decentralized social networking as a way of countering the trade-off between privacy and connectivity in social network services. We argue that such tools may constitute the first attempt to fully leverage the social opportunity of virtual networking tools.

Mots clés: internet; privacy

Domaines: Sociologie

Francesca Musiani. Private Yet Connected? Yes, We can: The Challenge of Decentralized Social Networks. ParisTech Review, 2011, February 4th, pp.5. ⟨hal-00579377⟩