On how affiliate networks might be used to exfiltrate massive amounts of profile data from facebook.

Generates fake information to fill forms in the internet.

The graph-based SPEAR algorithm (Spamming-resistant Expertise Analysis and Ranking) is a new technique to measure the expertise of users by analyzing their activities. The focus is on the ability of users to find new, high quality information in the Internet. At the same time, the algorithm has been shown to be very resistant to spamming attacks.