A Middleware Enforcing Location Privacy in Mobile Platform

Patel, A. and Palomar, Esther (2017) A Middleware Enforcing Location Privacy in Mobile Platform. In: Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business - 14th International Conference, TrustBus 2017, Lyon, France, August 30-31, 2017, Proceedings. Springer, pp. 32-45. ISBN 978-3-319-64482-0

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Abstract

Emerging indoor positioning and WiFi infrastructure enable building apps with numerous Location-based Services (LBS) that represent critical threats to smartphone users' location privacy provoking continuous tracking, profiling and unauthorized identification. Currently, the app eco-system relies on permission-based access control, which is proven ineffective at controlling how third party apps and/or library developers use and share users' data. In this paper we present the design, deployment and evaluation of PL-Protector, a location privacy-enhancing middleware, which through a caching technique minimises the interaction and data collection from wireless access points, content distributors and location providers. PL-Protector also provides a new series of control settings and privacy rules over both, the information and control flows between sources and sinks, to prevent user information disclosure during LBS queries. We implement PL-Protector on Android 6, and conduct experiments with real apps from five different categories of location-based services such as instant messaging and navigation. Experiments demonstrate acceptable delay overheads (lower than 22 milliseconds) within practical limits; hence, our middleware is practical, secure and efficient for location-demanding apps.

Item Type:	Book Section
Dates:	Date Event August 2017 Published
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions:	Architecture, Built Environment, Computing and Engineering Architecture, Built Environment, Computing and Engineering > Computer Science
Depositing User:	Oana-Andreea Dumitrascu
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2017 10:34
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2023 12:01
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4826

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