A survey of computational location privacy

This is a literature survey of computational location privacy, meaning computation-based privacy mechanisms that treat location data as geometric information. This definition includes privacy-preserving algorithms like anonymity and obfuscation as well as privacy-breaking algorithms that exploit the...

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Published inPersonal and ubiquitous computing Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 391 - 399
Main Author Krumm, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Springer-Verlag 01.08.2009
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Algorithms
Computer Science
Cybersecurity
Geometry
Location based services
Mobile Computing
Original Article
Personal Computing
Privacy
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Context
Privacy
Location
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Summary:This is a literature survey of computational location privacy, meaning computation-based privacy mechanisms that treat location data as geometric information. This definition includes privacy-preserving algorithms like anonymity and obfuscation as well as privacy-breaking algorithms that exploit the geometric nature of the data. The survey omits non-computational techniques like manually inspecting geotagged photos, and it omits techniques like encryption or access control that treat location data as general symbols. The paper reviews studies of peoples’ attitudes about location privacy, computational threats on leaked location data, and computational countermeasures for mitigating these threats.
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ISSN:1617-4909
1617-4917
DOI:10.1007/s00779-008-0212-5