A Methodological Assessment of Location Privacy Risks in Wireless Hotspot Networks Export

@inproceedings{gruteser:assessment, abstract = {Mobile computing enables users to compute and communicate almost regardless of their current location. However, as a side effect this technology considerably increased surveillance potential for user movements. Current research addresses location privacy rather patchwork-like than comprehensively. Thus, this paper presents a methodology for identifying, assessing, and comparing location privacy risks in mobile computing technologies. In a case study, we apply the approach to IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN networks and location-based services, where it reveals significant location privacy concerns through link- and application-layer information. From a technological perspective, we argue that these are best addressed through novel anonymity-based mechanisms.}, address = {Boppard, Germany}, author = {Gruteser, Marco and Grunwald, Dirk}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Pervasive 2003}, citeulike-article-id = {3032120}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://systems.cs.colorado.edu/Papers/Generated/2003wlanPrivacyAssessment.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/~gruteser/papers/wlanAssessment.pdf}, keywords = {location, privacy, wireless}, month = {March}, pages = {10--24}, posted-at = {2008-07-22 09:54:23}, priority = {0}, title = {A Methodological Assessment of Location Privacy Risks in Wireless Hotspot Networks}, url = {http://systems.cs.colorado.edu/Papers/Generated/2003wlanPrivacyAssessment.pdf}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - gruteser:assessment L3 - citeulike-article-id:3032120 N2 - Mobile computing enables users to compute and communicate almost regardless of their current location. However, as a side effect this technology considerably increased surveillance potential for user movements. Current research addresses location privacy rather patchwork-like than comprehensively. Thus, this paper presents a methodology for identifying, assessing, and comparing location privacy risks in mobile computing technologies. In a case study, we apply the approach to IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN networks and location-based services, where it reveals significant location privacy concerns through link- and application-layer information. From a technological perspective, we argue that these are best addressed through novel anonymity-based mechanisms. AD - Boppard, Germany EP - 24 TI - A Methodological Assessment of Location Privacy Risks in Wireless Hotspot Networks T2 - Proceedings of Pervasive 2003 SP - 10 KW - location KW - privacy KW - wireless AU - Gruteser, Marco AU - Grunwald, Dirk PY - 2003/March// UR - http://systems.cs.colorado.edu/Papers/Generated/2003wlanPrivacyAssessment.pdf ER -