SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PRIVACY SETTINGS OF SHARED CONTENT

• US 20170048245A1
• Filed: 08/12/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Owen, Russell, Walker, Amanda Elwell, Medvedev, Ivan, Shoemaker, Garth, Swerdlow, Andrew, Shteyn, Yevgeniy Eugene
• Granted Patent: US 10,284,558 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6272 by registering files or documents with a third party
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0471 applying encryption by an intermediary, e.g. receiving clear information at the intermediary and encrypting the received information at the intermediary before forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing privacy settings of shared content include receiving content associated with an object; receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content; based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

Claims

1. A method for managing privacy of shared content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, content associated with an object;

receiving, by the computing device, privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content;

based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating, by the computing device, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the privacy settings comprises receiving the privacy settings from a second computing device located proximate to the computing device during the receiving of the content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obfuscating comprises:

partitioning the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to have a characteristic modified based on at least one of an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obfuscation is performed in real-time when the image is obtained and prior to the image being stored.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more third parties comprises at least one user having an online account that does not control the computing device or the publishing server.

9. A method for managing privacy of shared content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, content associated with an object;

receiving, by the computing device, an object identification that identifies the object associated with the received content;

determining, by the computing device, privacy settings associated with the identified object based on database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating, by the computing device, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving the object identification comprises receiving the object identification from a second computing device located proximate to the computing device during the receiving of the content.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the obfuscating comprises:

partitioning the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to have a characteristic modified based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

15. A method for managing privacy of shared content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, content associated with an object;

extracting, by the computing device, object features from the content, the object features being associated with the object of the content;

identifying, by the computing device, the object of the content based on the extracted object features;

determining, by the computing device, privacy settings associated with the identified object based on a database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating, by the computing device, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the obfuscating comprises:

partitioning the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to have a characteristic modified based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving content associated with an object;

receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content;

based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving content associated with an object;

receiving an object identification that identifies the object associated with the received content;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

22. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving content associated with an object;

extracting object features from the content, the object features being associated with the object of the content;

identifying the object of the content based on the extracted object features;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on a database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

23. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving content associated with an object;

receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content;

based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

24. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving content associated with an object;

receiving an object identification that identifies the object associated with the received content;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

25. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving content associated with an object;

extracting object features from the content, the object features being associated with the object of the content;

identifying the object of the content based on the extracted object features;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on a database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

26. A method for managing privacy of shared content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, previously received content associated with an object;

receiving, by the computing device, privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content;

based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating, by the computing device, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the receiving the privacy settings comprises receiving the privacy settings from a second computing device located proximate to the object during the receiving of the content.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the obfuscating comprises:

partitioning the previously received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

32. A method for managing privacy of shared content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, previously received content associated with an object;

receiving, by the computing device, an object identification identifying the object associated with the received content;

determining, by the computing device, privacy settings associated with the identified object based on database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating, by the computing device, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the receiving the object identification comprises receiving the object identification from a second computing device located proximate to the object during the receiving of the content.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the obfuscating comprises:

partitioning the previously received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

37. The method of claim 34, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

38. A method for managing privacy of shared content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, previously received content associated with an object;

extracting, by the computing device, object features from the content, the object features being associated with the object of the content;

identifying, by the computing device, the object of the content based on the extracted object features;

determining, by the computing device, privacy settings associated with the identified object based on a database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating, by the computing device, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the obfuscating comprises:

partitioning the previously received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content.

40. The method of claim 39, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

42. The method of claim 39, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

43. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving previously received content associated with an object;

receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content;

based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

44. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving previously received content associated with an object;

receiving an object identification identifying the object associated with the received content;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on a database;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

45. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving previously received content associated with an object;

extracting object features from the content, the object features being associated with the object of the content;

identifying the object of the content based on the extracted object features;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on a database;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

46. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving previously received content associated with an object;

receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content;

based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

47. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving previously received content associated with an object;

receiving an object identification identifying the object associated with the received content;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on database stored on the computing device;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

48. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving previously received content associated with an object;

extracting object features from the content, the object features being associated with the object of the content;

identifying the object of the content based on the extracted object features;

determining privacy settings associated with the identified object based on a database;

based on the determined privacy settings, obfuscating at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

49. A method for distributing received content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, received content associated with an object;

partitioning, by the computing device, the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating, by a computing device, an encryption key;

encrypting, by a computing device, at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key;

combining, by a computing device, the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content; and

transmitting, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to a publishing server for publishing to one or more third parties.

50. The method of claim 49, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

52. The method of claim 49, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

53. A method for distributing received content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, received content associated with an object;

partitioning, by the computing device, the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating, by a computing device, an encryption key;

encrypting, by a computing device, at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key;

combining, by a computing device, the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content; and

publishing, by the computing device, the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

54. The method of claim 53, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

55. The method of claim 54, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

56. The method of claim 53, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

57. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving received content associated with an object;

partitioning the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key;

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server for publishing to one or more third parties.

58. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 57, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

59. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 58, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

60. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 57, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

61. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:

receiving received content associated with an object;

partitioning the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key;

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

62. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 61, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

63. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 62, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

64. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 61, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

65. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving received content associated with an object;

partitioning the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key;

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content; and

transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server for publishing to one or more third parties.

66. The at least one computing device of claim 65, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

67. The at least one computing device of claim 66, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

68. The at least one computing device of claim 65, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

69. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:

receiving received content associated with an object;

partitioning the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

generating an encryption key;

encrypting at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key;

combining the encrypted at least one plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers to generate the obfuscated content; and

publishing the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

70. The at least one computing device of claim 69, further comprising transmitting the encryption key to one or more third parties based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

71. The at least one computing device of claim 70, wherein the transmitting the encryption key comprises configuring the encryption key based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, wherein the encryption key is configured to be modified (e.g., degrade) based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

72. The at least one computing device of claim 69, wherein the encrypting the at least one of the plurality of layers further comprises configuring, the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time based on privacy settings of the object of the received content.

73. A system for managing privacy of shared content, the system comprising:

a terminal device, the terminal device comprising;

a content receiving device configured to receive content;

a storage configured to store content by the content receiving device;

a privacy setting determiner configured to determine privacy settings associated with an object of the received content that is associated with a user of an online account that is not associated with the terminal device;

a content obfuscator configured to obfuscate at least a portion of the received content based on the privacy settings of the object associated with the received content to generate obfuscated content; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the obfuscated content; and

a server device, the server device comprising;

a receiver configured to receive the obfuscated content from the transmitter of the terminal device;

a publisher configured to publish the obfuscated content to one or more third parties, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a request to change privacy settings of the object of the received content; and

a de-obfuscator configured to, based on the received request to change privacy settings, de-obfuscate the at least a portion of the received content to generate de-obfuscated content, wherein the publisher is configured to publish the de-obfuscated content to one or more third parties based on the received request to change privacy settings.

74. The system of claim 73, wherein the privacy setting determiner comprises a second terminal signal receiver configured to receive a privacy setting signal from a second terminal device, wherein the privacy setting signal comprises the privacy settings of the object.

75. The system of claim 73, wherein the privacy setting determiner comprises a second terminal signal receiver configured to receive object identifying signal from a second terminal device;

and

a privacy setting database, wherein the privacy setting determiner is configured to determine the privacy settings associated with the received object identifying signal.

76. The system of claim 73, wherein the privacy setting determiner comprises:

a database comprising;

privacy settings associated with one or more users; and

content features associated with the one or more users;

a content feature extractor configured to extract features of the object of the received content;

a content feature matcher configured to match the extracted features of the object of the received content with content features associated with one of the one or more users stored in the database; and

a privacy settings retriever configured to retrieve privacy settings associated with the one of the one or more users based on a match between the extracted features of the object and the content features associated with the one of the one or more users.

77. The system of claim 73, wherein the content obfuscator comprises:

a content partitioner configured to partition the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

a key generator configured to generate an encryption key;

a layer encryptor configured to encrypt at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

an obfuscated content generator configured to generate the obfuscated content by combining the encrypted at least one of the plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers.

78. The system of claim 77, wherein the publisher comprises:

an obfuscated content publisher configured to publish the obfuscated content to the one or more third parties; and

a key provider configured to provide the encryption key to at one or more of the one or more third parties, based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

79. The system of claim 78, wherein the key provider, based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, modifies a security characteristic of the encryption key based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

80. The system of claim 79, wherein the layer encryptor, based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, configures the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time.

81. A system for managing privacy of shared content, the system comprising:

a terminal device, the terminal device comprising;

a content receiver configured to receive content;

a storage configure to store received content; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the received content; and

a server, comprising;

a receiver configured to receive the received content transmitted from the transmitter of the terminal device;

a privacy setting determiner configured to determine privacy settings of an object of the received content;

a content obfuscator configured to obfuscate at least a portion of the received content based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content to generate obfuscated content;

a publisher configured to publish the obfuscated content to one or more third parties, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a request to change privacy settings of the object of the received content; and

a de-obfuscator configured to, based on the received request to change privacy settings, de-obfuscate the at least a portion of the received content to generate de-obfuscated content, wherein the publisher is configured to, based on the received request to change privacy settings, publish the de-obfuscated content to one or more third parties.

82. The system of claim 81, wherein the privacy setting determiner comprises a second terminal signal receiver configured to receive a privacy setting signal from a second terminal device, wherein the privacy setting signal comprises the privacy settings of the object.

83. The system of claim 81, wherein the privacy setting determiner comprises a second terminal signal receiver configured to receive object identifying signal from a second terminal device;

and

a privacy setting database, wherein the privacy setting determiner is configured to determine the privacy settings associated with the received object identifying signal.

84. The system of claim 81, wherein the privacy setting determiner comprises:

a database comprising;

privacy settings associated with one or more users; and

content features associated with the one or more users;

a content feature extractor configured to extract features of the object of the received content;

a content feature matcher configured to match the extracted features of the object of the received content with content features associated with one of the one or more users stored in the database; and

a privacy settings retriever configured to retrieve privacy settings associated with the one of the one or more users based on a match between the extracted features of the object and the content features associated with the one of the one or more users.

85. The system of claim 81, wherein the content obfuscator comprises:

a content partitioner configured to partition the received content into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers having two or more levels of fidelity;

a key generator configured to generate an encryption key;

a layer encryptor configured to encrypt at least one of the plurality of layers using the generated encryption key; and

an obfuscated content generator configured to generate the obfuscated content by combining the encrypted at least one of the plurality of layers with a remainder of the plurality of layers.

86. The system of claim 85, wherein the publisher comprises:

an obfuscated content publisher configured to publish the obfuscated content to the one or more third parties; and

a key provider configured to provide the encryption key to at one or more of the one or more third parties, based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content.

87. The system of claim 86, wherein the key provider, based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, modifies a security characteristic of the encryption key based on at least one of:

an elapsed time, and an attempt to transfer the encryption key by the one or more third parties.

88. The system of claim 87, wherein the layer encryptor, based on the privacy settings of the object of the received content, configures the encryption to weaken based on elapsed time.