In todayvDj(tm)s show, adapted from an article published this month on the Oscar Web site written by Andrea Arco, marketing director for the School of Engineering and Applied Science we observe at the research of Adrienne Felt, a fourth-year computer science major in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, concerning privacy issues surrounding social networking platforms.

Facebook, the social networking platform that has redefined communications, has millions of users. According to University of Virginia computer science major Adrienne Felt, all of these users should be concerned about security.

Felt, a fourth-year student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UVa, leads a research project on privacy issues surrounding social networking platforms and is investigating the information sharing that occurs when users download a Facebook application vDj” a program that allows the user to interact with other users in interesting ways, from sharing music to playing games…

For more information about the show or to see the full text, visit the Oscar ShowvDj(tm)s blog.

Tags: application developer, Engineering, Facebook, identity theft, phishing, Privacy, private information, Social networking platforms, user information, user profile, UVA