International Business Machines Corporation
PSEUDONYMIZING SENSITIVE OBJECTS IN ONLINE CONTENT EXCHANGES

Abstract:

A method for protecting content of online conversational content. The method provides for scanning content of an online conversational exchange between a first device and a second device. A sensitive object included in the content of the online conversation exchange is identified, based on object type information accessible from a protection policy included in respective user profiles. A pseudonymized-object-holder is assigned to the identified sensitive object according to the protection policy of the respective user profiles, and the identified sensitive object identified in the content of the online conversation exchange and stored on both the first device and the second device is replaced with a pseudonymized-object-holder, based on the sensitive-object protection policy of the respective user profiles.