A review of mobile location privacy in the Internet of Things

Mahmoud Elkhodr, Seyed Shahrestani, Hon Cheung

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32 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The goal of Internet of Things (IoT) research is to extend computing and connectivity to anything, anyone, anywhere and anytime. While there are apparent benefits in using IoT systems, the convergence of technologies has begun to challenge the privacy of users. Powered by location based services, these systems have the potential to enable a systematic mass surveillance and to impinge on the personal privacy of users, especially their location privacy. This paper overviews some of the existing location privacy issues found on mobile devices. Particular attention is paid to the current access permission mechanism used on the Android, iPhone and Windows Mobile platforms. It is anticipated that the current privacy issues in mobile platforms are more likely to be inherited if not magnified in the IoT.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings : 2012 Tenth International Conference on ICT and Knowledge Engineering : November 21-23, 2012 Bangkok, Thailand
PublisherIEEE
Pages266-272
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781467323147
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventInternational Conference on ICT and Knowledge Engineering -
Duration: 21 Nov 2012 → …

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)2157-0981

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on ICT and Knowledge Engineering
Period21/11/12 → …

Keywords

  • Internet of things
  • access control
  • electronic surveillance
  • location-based services
  • mobile computing
  • mobile phones
  • privacy

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