This project analyzes two popular Facebook games in depth and provides a detailed account of how they could greatly affect a user's privacy and integrity. An effort was made to summarize an overview of Facebook and its applications, and also to reveal the deceiving tricks of the trade of online gaming by focusing on two Zynga games: Farmville and Mafia Wars.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Hasan, Khondkar Faiaz
• Akhtar, Mohammed Suhail

Subject

• Well-Being
• Culture
• Security
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042710-133041

Keyword

• Data protection
• Video games

Advisor

• Emanuel, Alexander E.

Year

• 2010

Date created

• 2010-04-27

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright