CSR: Small: Towards Confederated Web-Based Services

CSR：小型：迈向基于 Web 的联合服务

• 批准号: 1319019
• 负责人: Alan Mislove
• 金额: $ 49.88万
• 依托单位: Northeastern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1319019&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSR; Small; Towards; Confederated; Web

Users today have access to a broad range of free, web-based social services. All of these services operate under a similar model: Users entrust the service provider with their personal information and content, and in return, the service provider makes their service available for free by monetizing the user-provided information and selling the results to third parties (e.g., advertisers). In essence, users pay for these services by providing their data (i.e., giving up their privacy) to the provider.This project is using cloud computing to re-architect web-based services in order to enable end users to regain privacy and control over their data. In this approach---a confederated architecture---each user provides the computing resources necessary to support her use of the service via cloud providers. All user data is encrypted and not exposed to any third-parties, users retain control over their information, and users access the service via a web browser as normal.The incredible popularity of today's web-based services has lead to significant concerns over privacy and user control over data. Addressing these concerns requires a re-thinking of the current popular web-based business models, and, unfortunately, existing providers are dis-incentivized from doing so. The impact of this project will potentially be felt by the millions of users who use today's popular services, who will be provided with an alternative to the business models of today.

今天的用户可以获得广泛的免费网络社交服务。所有这些服务都在类似的模式下运行：用户将他们的个人信息和内容委托给服务提供商，作为回报，服务提供商通过将用户提供的信息货币化并将结果出售给第三方（例如，广告商）。 本质上，用户通过提供他们的数据（即，该项目正在使用云计算来重新构建基于Web的服务，以使最终用户能够重新获得对其数据的隐私和控制权。 在这种方法中-联合架构-每个用户通过云提供商提供支持其使用服务所需的计算资源。 所有用户数据都经过加密，不会暴露给任何第三方，用户保留对自己信息的控制权，用户可以正常通过Web浏览器访问服务。当今基于Web的服务令人难以置信的普及，导致人们对隐私和用户对数据的控制产生了重大担忧。 解决这些问题需要重新思考目前流行的基于网络的商业模式，不幸的是，现有的供应商没有动力这样做。使用当今流行服务的数百万用户可能会感受到该项目的影响，他们将获得当今商业模式的替代方案。