P3 Allows Photo Owners To Partially Encrypt Photos On Facebook, Choose Recipients

A research team at the University of Southern California developed a tool that encrypts photos, but only portions of those photos, so that authorized users can still view them.

A research team at the University of Southern California developed a tool that encrypts photos, but only portions of those photos, so that authorized users can still view them.

P3, or Privacy-Preserving Photo Sharing, was unveiled at the USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems and Design Implementation in Chicago Friday, and USC Viterbi School of Engineering Profs. Antonio Ortega and Ramesh Govindan, creators of P3, said they plan to form a company this summer to market the tool.

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