Title :
Privacy through Uncertainty in Location-Based Services
Author :
Merrill, Stephen ; Basalp, Nilgun ; Biskup, Joachim ; Buchmann, Erik ; Clifton, C. ; Kuijpers, Bart ; Othman, Walied ; Savas, Erkay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
Location-Based Services (LBS) are becoming more prevalent. While there are many benefits, there are also real privacy risks. People are unwilling to give up the benefits - but can we reduce privacy risks without giving up on LBS entirely? This paper explores the possibility of introducing uncertainty into location information when using an LBS, so as to reduce privacy risk while maintaining good quality of service. This paper also explores the current uses of uncertainty information in a selection of mobile applications.
Keywords :
data privacy; mobile computing; quality of service; risk management; security of data; LBS; location-based services; privacy risk reduction; privacy-through-uncertainty; quality-of-service; Data privacy; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Mobile radio mobility management; Privacy; Trajectory; Uncertainty; Location-Based Services; Privacy; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Data Management (MDM), 2013 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Milan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6068-5
DOI :
10.1109/MDM.2013.71
