Title :
Fine-Grained Cloaking of Sensitive Positions in Location-Sharing Applications
Author :
Damiani, Maria Luisa ; Silvestri, Claudio ; Bertino, Elisa
fDate :
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Geosocial networking applications magnify the concern for location privacy because a user´s position can be disclosed to diverse untrusted parties. The Privacy Preserving Obfuscation Environment (Probe) framework supports semantic-location cloaking to protect this information.
Keywords :
mobile computing; security of data; social networking (online); fine-grained cloaking; geosocial networking applications; information protection; location privacy; location-sharing applications; privacy preserving obfuscation environment framework; semantic-location cloaking; sensitive position; Mobile radio mobility management; Privacy; Semantics; Wireless sensor networks; cloaked region; large-scale opportunistic sensing; location privacy; location-based services; pervasive computing; privacy personalization; privacy profile; sensing; sensitive semantic locations;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2011.18