Social Network Privacy Permissions With Differentiated Message Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing social network technologies lack effective methods to ensure privacy of information shared between users, as users cannot guarantee that transmitted information will not be disseminated by the receiving object, and existing secret chat modes are resource-intensive and limited to one-to-one communication, failing to support multi-person chats and personalized sharing permissions.
Innovation Solution
Implement a privacy protection method and apparatus that displays information in different modes based on sharing permissions, using a configuration operation to set permissions for information sharing, and employs a blockchain network to determine consensus on sharing permissions, ensuring reliable display modes for private and non-private information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing secret chat modes are used to protect information privacy, then information security is improved, but device complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling the same chat interface to serve multiple functions: regular chat and privacy-protected chat. The system can dynamically switch between different chat modes based on user selection, eliminating the need for separate dedicated secret chat applications while maintaining information security through permission-based protection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by applying privacy protection selectively to specific information rather than requiring all communications to use resource-intensive encrypted modes. The system allows users to set sharing permissions for individual messages or information types, providing security only where needed while reducing overall system complexity and resource consumption.
2Ease of operation
If traditional sharing permission systems are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but information privacy protection effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by providing visual indicators (such as lock icons or permission status displays) that immediately inform users about the privacy protection status of their shared information. When a user shares information, the system feedbacks the permission setting and protection status, allowing users to verify that their privacy intentions are being executed correctly without adding operational complexity.
3Reliability
If one-to-one secret chat mode is implemented, then information security is improved, but adaptability deteriorates due to inability to support multi-person chats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a permission-based protection system that works across multiple chat scenarios including one-to-one chats, group chats, and public posts. The same sharing permission mechanism and display mode differentiation apply universally across all chat types, providing consistent privacy protection while supporting diverse communication needs.
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AI summary
A privacy protection method performed by an electronic device includes displaying, in response to a configuration operation with respect to an information sharing permission for a social network, a configuration result of the information sharing permission, and displaying target information in response to a trigger operation for transmitting the target information, including displaying the target information in a first display mode in response to the configuration result representing that the target information is configured with the information sharing permission, and displaying the target information in a second display mode different from the first display mode in response to the configuration result representing that the target information is not configured with the information sharing permission.