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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349473103321

Autore

Liu Bo

Titolo

Location Privacy in Mobile Applications / / by Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

9789811317057

981-13-1705-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 101 p. 47 illus., 46 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs on Cyber Security Systems and Networks, , 2522-5561

Disciplina

005.8

Soggetti

Computer security

Mobile computing

Privacy

Systems and Data Security

Mobile Computing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Location Privacy Preserving Mechanisms -- Chapter 3 Location Privacy in Mobile Social Network Applications -- Chapter 4 Location Privacy in Mobile Crowd Sensing Applications -- Chapter 5 Location Privacy in Wireless Vehicular Networks -- Chapter 6 Future Directions and Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive study of the state of the art in location privacy for mobile applications. It presents an integrated five-part framework for location privacy research, which includes the analysis of location privacy definitions, attacks and adversaries, location privacy protection methods, location privacy metrics, and location-based mobile applications. In addition, it analyses the relationships between the various elements of location privacy, and elaborates on real-world attacks in a specific application. Furthermore, the book features case studies of three applications and shares valuable insights into future research directions. Shedding new light on key research issues in location privacy and promoting the advance and development of future location-based mobile applications, it will be of interest to a broad readership, from students to researchers and



engineers in the field.