Method for protecting privacy of users

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of internet social and communication and discloses a method for protecting privacy of users. The method is characterized in that a user interface of social and communication software comprises a stranger address book, a social circle, a general address book and a life circle; autonomously arranged correlation information of contact persons in the stranger address book is not displayed; location information of the contact persons in the general address book is not displayed; dynamic concrete contents issued in the social circle and the life circle can be known and commented only after corresponding contact persons send applications and the applications are agreed by issuers, and if the issuers reply to the comments, a private chat mode is automatically switched to; the dynamic states issued by users automatically disappear after corresponding duration; messages issued when a private chat or group chat is carried out by the users automatically disappear under corresponding conditions; the distance information of the users participating in the group chat is not displayed, and the autonomously arranged correlation information of the corresponding users is not displayed; and the contact persons in the general address book can be imported from an external address book. Through application of the method, the privacy of the users can be effectively protected.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of social networking and communication on the Internet, in particular to a method for protecting user privacy. Background technique [0002] Currently, social networking and communication on the Internet are widely used, and consequently, there are many problems in protecting user privacy. [0003] According to the information released by Tencent "http: / / www.tencent.com / zh-cn / at / abouttencent.shtml, August 26, 2016; http: / / weixin.qq.com, August 26, 2016 ", WeChat is a "mobile social and communication service" provided by Tencent, and is a "mobile phone application used by more than 700 million people", "As of the fourth quarter of 2015,...the combined monthly active accounts of WeChat and WeChat reached 697 million .” According to the information published by Momo Technology “http: / / www.immomo.com / aboutus.html, August 26, 2016”, “‘Momo’ is a product launched by Momo Technology in August 2011. Location-based mobile so...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] WeChat users can post dynamics including text, pictures and videos in the "Moments" for the corresponding contacts to view. The dynamics have no time limit and will not disappear automatically after the corresponding time limit, that is, under the default setting, After the news is released, it will be visible to all the contacts in the WeChat address book. All the contacts here include all the contacts in the WeChat address book when the news is released, and also include the contacts newly added to the WeChat address book after the news is released. People, there is a problem at this time: when the news is released, no matter whether the publisher has subjective intention or not, the contact person who can see the news at this point in time is specific, and the publisher is also aware of this, but As time changes, the range of contacts that can be seen in the news is blurred. For example, contacts who are newly added to the WeChat address book after the news is released can also see the news. At this time, a news release may appear The privacy of the author is exposed, because when the publisher publishes the news, he cannot accurately predict who the new contacts in the WeChat address book are after the news is released, and it is impossible to judge whether the news has exposed his privacy to the public. Contacts added in WeChat address book

In this case, the privacy of comments and replies is lower, and lower than that in WeChat, which is not conducive to protecting privacy

[0010] The news in WeChat Moments can exist for a long time and can be viewed by the corresponding user, unless the publisher actively deletes it or sets the news that can be selected as a "secret photo" to "Set as a secret photo", delete the news and " The operation of "Set as a secret photo" needs to be carried out one by one, and cannot be operated in batches, which is cumbersome, and not all forms of dynamics can be "set as a secret photo", so these designs have limitations in terms of privacy protection

[0011] Momo users’ postings can exist for a long time and be viewed by corresponding users, unless the publisher actively deletes them. The operation of deleting posts needs to be done one by one, and cannot be operated in batches, which is more cumbersome. Therefore, these designs are in terms of privacy protection has limitations

[0012] WeChat users can view or listen to the text, emoticons, and voice messages sent by WeChat users in private chats or group chats for a long time after they are received. This long-term service based on WeChat can theoretically be permanent, that is, when the message is sent Afterwards, both the sender and the receiver can permanently view or listen to the message, unless they choose to delete it, but this deletion operation will not affect the other party to view or listen to the message. The message can be viewed or listened to for a long time, increasing It increases the possibility of using these messages in various ways and for various purposes, and reduces the degree of privacy protection of the sender and receiver of the message and the people involved in the message; starting from a certain version of WeChat, the sender can be in the message Use the "Withdraw" function to withdraw the message within 2 minutes after sending. If the message is successfully withdrawn, neither the sender nor the receiver of the original message can view or listen to the message, which protects the sender and receiver of the message and the message to a certain extent. However, since the operation time limit is only 2 minutes, and each message must be operated separately, this increases the difficulty of successfully withdrawing the message and reduces the willingness of the message sender to withdraw the message in the actual operation process. There are significant limitations in terms of privacy protection

[0013] Momo users can view or listen to the text, emoticons, and voice messages for a long time after they are received in private chats or group chats. This situation is similar to that of WeChat, and its privacy protection disadvantages are similar to WeChat; Momo’s message withdrawal function is also similar to WeChat’s, and the time limit for the withdrawal operation is about 2 minutes. Its limitations in privacy protection are similar to WeChat’s; since a certain version, Momo has added the “burn after reading” function , the message sent by using this function has a time limit, which is a kind of protection for privacy, but in terms of specific operation, you must select this function item every time when using this function, and this function only works on a single message. If each message uses the "burn after reading" function, you must first choose to use this function once when sending each message, which reduces the willingness of the message sender to use it in actual operation and has a great impact on privacy protection. limitations, and this function only works on picture messages, which is also one of the limitations of this function