Mobile devices equipped with positioning capabilities (e.g., GPS) can ask location-dependent queries to Location Based Services (LBS). To protect privacy, the user location must n...
Gabriel Ghinita, Panos Kalnis, Ali Khoshgozaran, C...
There is an inherent tension between the value provided by Location-Based Services (LBSs) and the location-privacy concerns they raise. Unfortunately, users are often forced to ei...
Justin Manweiler, Ryan Scudellari, Zachary Cancio,...
The objective of private authentication for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems is to allow valid readers to explicitly authenticate their dominated tags without leaking...
Li Lu, Jinsong Han, Lei Hu, Yunhao Liu, Lionel M. ...
A “friend finder” is a Location Based Service (LBS) that informs users about the presence of participants in a geographical area. In particular, one of the functionalities of ...
—Social network information is now being used in ways for which it may have not been originally intended. In particular, increased use of smartphones capable of running applicati...