Pseudonymizing sensitive objects in online content exchanges

A computer program product for protecting content of online conversation data, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to scan content of an online conversation exchange between a first device and a second device;
• program instructions to identify a sensitive object included in the content of the online conversation exchange, based on a sensitive-object protection policy included in respective user profiles of the first device and the second device;
• program instructions to assign a replacement term to the identified sensitive object according to the sensitive-object protection policy included in the respective user profiles;
• and
• program instructions to replace the identified sensitive object with the replacement term in the content of the online conversation exchange between the first device and the second device, stored on both the first device and the second device, based on the sensitive-object protection policy included in the respective user profiles.

A computer system for protecting content of online conversation data, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to scan content of an online conversation exchange between a first device and a second device;
• program instructions to identify a sensitive object included in the content of the online conversation exchange, based on a sensitive-object protection policy included in respective user profiles of the first device and the second device;
• program instructions to assign a replacement term to the identified sensitive object according to the sensitive-object protection policy included in the respective user profiles;
• and
• program instructions to replace the identified sensitive object with the replacement term in the content of the online conversation exchange between the first device and the second device, stored on both the first device and the second device, based on the sensitive-object protection policy of the respective user profiles.