Preserving Differential Privacy for Similarity Measurement in Smart Environments

• Published in: TheScientificWorld Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Wong, Kok-Seng, Kim, Myung Ho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2014; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Access control; Computer privacy; Confidentiality; Data security; Information Dissemination; Information Storage and Retrieval; Methods; Models, Theoretical; Noise; Privacy; Sensors; Software; Wireless networks

Advances in both sensor technologies and network infrastructures have encouraged the development of smart environments to enhance people’s life and living styles. However, collecting and storing user’s data in the smart environments pose severe privacy concerns because these data may contain sensiti...