Research Article

Profile Aware ObScure Logging (PaOSLo): A Web Search Privacy-Preserving Protocol to Mitigate Digital Traces

Table 5

Average PEL comparison of UUP(e), OSLo, and PaOSLo.

Number of usersProtocolDegree1Degree 2Degree 3Degree 4

3 usersUUP(e)51.8613.397.37.22
OSLo47.712.796.957.17
PaOSLo46.6511.145.56.01

4 usersUUP(e)51.1613.147.077.2
OSLo48.5612.766.856.95
PaOSLo46.3210.65.445.75

5 usersUUP(e)51.5513.477.377.26
OSLo49.1812.866.996.85
PaOSLo46.2910.585.395.92