Robust image obfuscation for privacy protection in Web 2.0 applications

Andreas Poller; Martin Steinebach; Huajian Liu

doi:10.1117/12.908587

9 February 2012 Robust image obfuscation for privacy protection in Web 2.0 applications

Andreas Poller, Martin Steinebach, Huajian Liu

Proceedings Volume 8303, Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2012; 830304 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908587
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2012, Burlingame, California, United States

Abstract

We present two approaches to robust image obfuscation based on permutation of image regions and channel intensity modulation. The proposed concept of robust image obfuscation is a step towards end-to-end security in Web 2.0 applications. It helps to protect the privacy of the users against threats caused by internet bots and web applications that extract biometric and other features from images for data-linkage purposes. The approaches described in this paper consider that images uploaded to Web 2.0 applications pass several transformations, such as scaling and JPEG compression, until the receiver downloads them. In contrast to existing approaches, our focus is on usability, therefore the primary goal is not a maximum of security but an acceptable trade-off between security and resulting image quality.

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Andreas Poller, Martin Steinebach, and Huajian Liu "Robust image obfuscation for privacy protection in Web 2.0 applications", Proc. SPIE 8303, Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2012, 830304 (9 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908587

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