Exclusion of selected data from access by collaborators
One exemplary aspect is a blackout feature that can be used in connection with touchscreen devices to hide selected data in a shared display environment. An exemplary embodiment may be provided as a service running in the background or on a touchscreen device. A service may pop-up in response to the initiation of a collaboration session or entry of the device into a data transfer or sharing environment to prompt the user as to handle they would like to handle the shared information, e.g., “hide” sensitive information. Another exemplary aspect can display data in a constellation fashion. For example, data included in a file or data set to be shared is displayed by the touchscreen device. The user can then run their finger over the data that the user does not wish to share. The selected data/information can then be prevented from delivery to and/or display on the collaborating device(s).
1. A method for restricting dissemination of information comprising:
selecting, by a processor, sensitive information displayed within a user interface based on touch input;
detecting, by a processor, that the sensitive information should be one or more of hidden, obfuscated, or replaced; and
when a device is handed from a first party allowed to see the sensitive information to a second party, performing, by the processor, the one or more of hiding, obfuscating, or replacing the sensitive information within the user interface until an identity of the second party is confirmed, wherein performing the one or more of hiding, obfuscating, or replacing the sensitive information until the identity of the second party is confirmed is based on detecting when the device changes hands from the first party allowed to see the sensitive information to the second party, wherein detecting when the device changes hands from the first party allowed to see the sensitive information to the second party is based on one or more of an electrical, an inductive, or a resistive characteristic associated with how each of the first and second parties hold a case of the device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising reconfiguring information other than the sensitive information, wherein reconfiguring the information other than the sensitive information is adding misleading information.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device has multiple displays and wherein the sensitive information is displayed in a first one of the multiple displays and not displayed on a second one of the multiple displays.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising reconfiguring information other than the sensitive information, wherein the reconfiguring includes one or more of resizing, centering, reformatting or reorganizing.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
establishing one or more hierarchal levels, each hierarchal level having a preconfigured policy that governs display of the sensitive information, one or more individuals being assignable to the one or more hierarchal levels; and
reading one or more rules and performing one or more of the hiding, obfuscating or replacing of the sensitive information.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensitive information is a column in a spreadsheet that is hidden and further comprising reconfiguring, based on hiding the column in the spreadsheet, one or more other columns in the spreadsheet so that it is not obvious that the column in the spreadsheet has been hidden.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the one or more of hiding, obfuscating, or replacing the sensitive information is based on the device exiting a geofence boundary.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein reconfiguring the column in the spreadsheet comprises removing the column in the spreadsheet, centering the spreadsheet, and reformatting the spreadsheet to conceal the removed column.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more of the electrical, the inductive, or the resistive characteristic associated with how the first and second parties hold the case of the device does not use biometric information.
10. A system that restricts dissemination of information comprising:
a microprocessor; and
a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions that cause the microprocessor to execute:
an obfuscation module that detects that sensitive information displayed within a user interface based on touch input should be one or more of hidden, obfuscated or replaced; and
when a device is handed from a first party allowed to see the sensitive information to a second party, the obfuscation module performs the one or more of hiding, obfuscating, or replacing of the sensitive information within the user interface until an identity of the second party is confirmed, wherein performing the one or more of hiding, obfuscating, or replacing the sensitive information until the identity of the second party is confirmed is based on detecting when the device changes hands from the first party allowed to see the sensitive information to the second party, wherein detecting when the device changes hands from the first party allowed to see the sensitive information to the second party is based on one or more of an electrical, an inductive, or a resistive characteristic associated with how each of the first and second parties hold a case of the device.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein a tag associated with the sensitive information is read.
12. The system of claim 10 , further comprising executable instructions that cause the microprocessor to execute a reconfiguration module that reconfigures information other than the sensitive information.
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the obfuscation module associates a tag with the sensitive information.
14. The system of claim 10 , further comprising executable instructions that cause the microprocessor to execute a collaboration detection module that detects a collaborative communication session.
15. The system of claim 10 , further comprising executable instructions that cause the microprocessor to execute a reconfiguration module that reconfigures information other than the sensitive information, wherein the reconfiguring information other than the sensitive information includes one or more of resizing, centering, reformatting, or reorganizing.
16. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a memory which stores:
one or more hierarchal levels, each hierarchal level having a preconfigured policy that governs display of the sensitive information, one or more individuals being assignable to the one or more hierarchal levels; and
one or more rules that control one or more of the hiding, obfuscating, or replacing of the sensitive information.
17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the sensitive information is one or more of textual information, voice information, video information, graphical information, data, misleading information, or cover-up information.
18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the sensitive information is a column in a spreadsheet that is hidden and wherein the obfuscation module reconfigures, based on hiding the column in the spreadsheet, one or more other columns in the spreadsheet so that it is not obvious that the column in the spreadsheet has been hidden.
19. A system that restricts dissemination of information comprising:
a microprocessor; and
a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions that cause the microprocessor to execute:
an obfuscation module that detects that sensitive information displayed within a user interface based on touch input should be one or more of hidden, obfuscated, or replaced; and
when a device is handed from a first party allowed to see the sensitive information to a second party, the obfuscation module:
performs the one or more of hiding, obfuscating, or replacing of the sensitive information within the user interface until an identity of the second party is confirmed, wherein performing the one or more of hiding, obfuscating, or replacing the sensitive information is based on detecting when the device changes hands from the first party allowed to see the sensitive information to the second party; and
reconfigures information other than the sensitive information by adding misleading information until the identity of the second party is confirmed.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein detecting when the device changes hands from a party allowed to see the sensitive information to another party is based on one or more of an electrical, an inductive, or a resistive characteristic associated with how the first and second parties hold a case of the device.