A SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROTECT USER PRIVACY IN MULTIMEDIA UPLOADED TO INTERNET SITES

摘要

A system and method for protecting a user''s privacy in multimedia uploaded to an internet site is disclosed. Briefly, the method includes the step of a server hosting an Internet privacy protection (IPP) service receiving a media item of a service subscriber from a social networking service. This media item is encrypted using DRM (Digital Rights Management) technique. A policy is created that determines who can view the media item. Encrypted media items are secured and stored in the cloud storage network. The IPP service receives storage information from the cloud storage network, including the URL of the secure storage location of the encrypted media item. The IPP service generates a proxy image by encoding this URL into a proxy image using a barcode. The IPP service uploads this proxy image to the subscriber''s social networking service account on the social networking service.