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Could Googling Take Down A President, a Prime Minister, or an Average Citizen?

Could Googling Take Down A President, a Prime Minister, or an Average Citizen?. Greg Conti | United States Military Academy | gregory-conti@usma.edu.

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Could Googling Take Down A President, a Prime Minister, or an Average Citizen?

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  1. Could Googling Take Down A President, a Prime Minister, or an Average Citizen? Greg Conti | United States Military Academy | gregory-conti@usma.edu

  2. The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Military Academy, the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.  The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Military Academy, the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/images/justice-7.jpg

  3. Who is familiar with the AOL dataset disclosure?

  4. Who has seen the data?

  5. The AOL Dataset Debacle SIGIR – IR List (August 2006) Subject: research.aol.com AOL is embarking on a new direction for its business making its content and products freely available to all consumers. To support those goals, AOL is also embracing the vision of an open research community. To get started, we invite you to visit us at http://research.aol.com, where you will find: • 20,000 hand labeled, classified queries • 3.5 million web question/answer queries (who, what, where, when, etc.) • Query streams for 500,000 users over 3 months (20 million queries) • 2 million queries against US Government domains Also, please feel free to provide feedback on the site, datasets you'd like to see in the future, and any other comments about our vision.

  6. The AOL Dataset Debacle SIGIR – IR List (August 2006) Subject: research.aol.com AOL is embarking on a new direction for its business making its content and products freely available to all consumers. To support those goals, AOL is also embracing the vision of an open research community. To get started, we invite you to visit us at http://research.aol.com, where you will find: • 20,000 hand labeled, classified queries • 3.5 million web question/answer queries (who, what, where, when, etc.) • Query streams for 500,000 users over 3 months (20 million queries) • 2 million queries against US Government domains Also, please feel free to provide feedback on the site, datasets you'd like to see in the future, and any other comments about our vision. AOL Stalker AOL Psycho

  7. AOL Demo • User #10291 • User #2708

  8. Knowledge of the AOL Dataspill Question no vaguely somewhat very Are you familiar with the AOL data disclosure of August 2006? 84% 7% 7% 2%

  9. Knowledge of the AOL Dataspill Question no vaguely somewhat very Are you familiar with the AOL data disclosure of August 2006? 84% 7% 7% 2%

  10. Outline • Information Disclosure • Computing Platform • Network Eavesdropping • Destination Websites / ISPs • Vectors • Cross-site Tracking • Advertising and Embedded Content • Where we are and where we are going

  11. Definitions googling: The full spectrum of free online tools and services (such as search, mapping, email, Web-based word processing and calendaring etc.) web-based information disclosure: the information we disclose as we surf the web

  12. “Free” web tools and services aren’t free, we pay for them with micropayments of personal information.

  13. “Never talk when you can nod, and never nod when you can wink, and never write an e-mail because it's death. You're giving prosecutors all the evidence we need.”- Eliot Spitzer Two Years before his resignation Eliot Spitzer Former-Governor of New York http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4424507&page=1

  14. Maf54 (7:43:27 PM): well dont ruin my mental picture Xxxxxxxxx (7:43:32 PM): oh lol...sorry Maf54 (7:43:54 PM): nice Maf54 (7:43:54 PM): youll be way hot then Xxxxxxxxx (7:44:01 PM): haha...hopefully Mark Foley Former-US Congressman http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/BrianRoss/Story?id=2509586&page=2

  15. Can anyone help me please! This stalking thing is not funny at all. When I type my name in keyword it gives a list of places that show where I have been on aol on the net. This is nobodys business. I have not done anything wrong at all and I have contacted aol about this matter and they keep saying they will do something about it but never do. -Debbie How do I get stuff removed from aol stalker? Can anyone tell me? Aol won't respond even though they claim willingness to remove data when requested. Someone, anyone, please help! -Sally http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/investigator/archives/aol-stalker-website-unleashed-11133

  16. In the news… • Administration Demands Search Data; Google Says No; AOL, MSN & Yahoo Said Yes • http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060119-060352 • Hit Pause On The Evil Button: Google Assists In Arrest Of Indian Man • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/18/AR2008051800657.html • Moroccan Man Jailed For Fake Facebook Profile • http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/07/moroccan-man-jailed-for-fake-facebook-profile/ • Group: Yahoo Assisted China With Torture • http://origin.foxnews.com/wires/2007Apr19/0,4670,YahooChina,00.html • Google ordered to give YouTube user data to Viacom • http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hty1hXgakr7zoviTVNKalsStgSOw

  17. Data Collection 3000 Number of Times Data is Collected on Each Visitor in a Month (Average) Yahoo MySpace AOL Google Facebook Microsoft Ebay Amazon http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10privacy.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp / Comscore

  18. Unique Visitors 180 Millions Unique Visitors per Month Yahoo MySpace AOL Google Facebook Microsoft Ebay Amazon http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10privacy.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp & Comscore

  19. source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

  20. Global Computing Statistics • World Population ~6.6 Billion • Cell Phones ~3.3 Billion • Personal Computers ~1.2 Billion • MP3 Players ~220 Million • Digital Cameras ~120 Million • Webcams ~100 Million • PDAs ~85 Million • DVRs ~44 Million • Servers ~27 Million Kevin Kelly, “The Planetary Computer.” Wired, 16.07, July 2008, pp52-55

  21. Data Retention/Anonymization • Ask “hours” • Google 18 months • Microsoft 18 months • Yahoo 13 months • Other logs… • Other companies… • The cookie fallacy. • ISPs? http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Yahoo_Trumps_Google_With_New_Data_Retention_Policy http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9027924&source=rss_news50

  22. Ebay

  23. Ebay

  24. Amazon

  25. Amazon

  26. Profiling • Google hackers • Security researchers • Political activists • Company XXX employee • Corporate leaders • Law enforcement officer • Government official “Career Watcher” “Active Gamer” Tacoda, The Home of Behavioral Targeting, http://www.tacoda.com/

  27. Information Leakage and Spurious Emanations on a Network Online Company

  28. Information Leakage and Spurious Emanations on a Network Online Company

  29. Information Leakage and Spurious Emanations on a Network Online Company

  30. Information Leakage and Spurious Emanations on a Network Online Company

  31. Information Leakage and Spurious Emanations on a Network Online Company

  32. Information Leakage and Spurious Emanations on a Network Online Company

  33. ISPs vs. Large Online Companies Online Company • Sees global traffic from many customers • domain specific • Advertising and embedded content brings in additional information • Limited knowledge of user identity • Extensive datamining ISP • Sees all traffic from its set of customers • except encrypted traffic • traffic analysis • Limited to no visibility on non-customers • Knows identity and location of accounts • Ability to manipulate network flows • DNS • blocking P2P

  34. ISPs vs. Large Online Companies Online Company • Sees global traffic from many customers • domain specific • Advertising and embedded content brings in additional information • Limited knowledge of user identity • Extensive datamining ISP • Sees all traffic from its set of customers • except encrypted traffic • traffic analysis • Limited to no visibility on non-customers • Knows identity and location of accounts • Ability to manipulate network flows • DNS • blocking P2P

  35. ISPs vs. Large Online Companies Online Company • Sees global traffic from many customers • domain specific • Advertising and embedded content brings in additional information • Limited knowledge of user identity • Extensive datamining ISP • Sees all traffic from its set of customers • except encrypted traffic • traffic analysis • Limited to no visibility on non-customers • Knows identity and location of accounts • Ability to manipulate network flows • DNS • blocking P2P

  36. DNS Based Vulnerabilities

  37. Rogers ISP http://lauren.vortex.com/rogers-google.jpg

  38. Myriad Disclosure Vectors • Search • Communications • Email / IM / SMS… • Advertising Networks / Purchasing • Other Web 2.0 innovations • Web office suites • Mashups • Location based services • Social networking • Cloud computing

  39. The Many Flavors of Search(Simply Google)

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