Research Article
A Privacy-Enabled Architecture for Location-Based Services
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-17502-2_7, author={Martin Werner}, title={A Privacy-Enabled Architecture for Location-Based Services}, proceedings={Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems. Second International ICST Conference, MobiSec 2010, Catania, Sicily, Italy, May 27-28, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBISEC}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={Location-Based Services Privacy}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-17502-2_7} }- Martin Werner
Year: 2012
A Privacy-Enabled Architecture for Location-Based Services
MOBISEC
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17502-2_7
Abstract
Location-Based Services are emerging fast and the problems with privacy are growing with them. While a platform for Location-Based Services can provide the user with high-quality Location-Based Service browsing and powerful mechanisms to reduce the amount of location data transmitted such a platform is dangerous as it has to manage the location data of the users and the actual service usage. This aggregation of private data is a risk in itself. With this paper we want to show that it is possible to implement most Location-Based Services without such a platform and propose a mechanism enabling fine- grained control of privacy for a Location-Based Service user. We make use of strong cryptographic techniques to enable a real trust relation between individuals and a weaker trust relation between an individual and a company.